Install the system on the MicroSD card

File download

• Loader: RK3588_SPL_Loader_v1.15.113.bin

• ROCK 5B System Image (kernel 5.10): rock-5b_debian_bullseye_kde_b39

• ROCK 5B System Image (Kernel 6.1): rock-5b_bookworm_kde_b5

• ROCK 5B+ System Image: rock-5b-plus_bookworm_kde_b2

• SPI Image: spi_image.img

• MiniLoader.bin

MicroSD Card Preparation

Insert the MicroSD card into the SD card reader, and then insert the card reader into the USB port of the PC

Flash the image

Balena Etcher is a cross-platform and user friendly image file burning tool that we recommend you use.

1. Download Etcher and install it.

Windows

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.

Linux

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

2. Open Etcher

   

3. Open Etcher and click Flash from file to select the image to write to.

   

4. Click Select target to select the device, please select carefully.

   

5. Click Flash! Start writing and wait for the write progress bar to complete.

   

6. When writing the image successfully, Etcher will display Flash Complete!.

   

If there is an error in flashing, please try again.

Boot System

After successfully flashing the MicroSD Card using the previous steps, insert the MicroSD Card into the MicroSD Card slot (as shown in the image below). Then, power on the device. The power indicator light will display a solid green color, indicating the system has started booting up. Once the normal startup process completes, the indicator light will begin blinking. After a short period of time, the HDMI output will display the desktop.

Login System

After the system boots up, log in using the radxa account with the password radxa.

tip

The entire process lasts about 40 seconds from powering on the system to booting it up and then to the system desktop.