Install the system on the EMMC Module
File download
EMMC Module Preparation
Insert EMMC Module into EMMC Reader, and then Insert Reader into PC's USB Port
Flash the image
Balena Etcher is a cross-platform and user friendly image file burning tool that we recommend you use.
- Download Etcher and install it.
- Windows
- Linux
Please download balenaEtcher-Setup-1.18.11.exe After the download is complete, there is no need to perform any additional actions. After downloading, you can double click it to open it without any additional operation.
Please download balena-etcher_1.18.11_amd64.deb. Once the download is complete, please install it by executing the following command in the terminal:
sudo dpkg -i balena-etcher_1.18.11_amd64.deb
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Open Etcher
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Open Etcher and click
Flash from file
to select the image to write to. -
Click
Select target
to select the device, please select carefully. -
Click
Flash!
Start writing and wait for the write progress bar to complete. -
When writing the image successfully, Etcher will display
Flash Complete!
.
**If there is an error in flashing, please try again. **
Boot System
Once the System has been successfully installed in according to the above steps, insert the EMMC Module into the EMMC Module slot (as shown in the following figure), and then power on the system, the system will start booting up and the HDMI will display the desktop.
![emmc slot](/img/rock5a/rock5a_with_emmc_module.webp)
Login System
After system boots, you can login the system with the username (radxa) and password (radxa)
The entire process lasts about 40 seconds from powering up the system to booting it to the system desktop.