Step 1、Prepare tools
Double male USB cable, a U disk, mobile phone card needle, tweezers (short wiring)
Software and preparation：
USB Burning Tool :It’s software for Recovery；
putty :it Is a Telnet, SSH, rlogin, pure TCP and serial interface connection software；
update.img :It is an Android image, which can be used to brush the bottom layer, and can be started from the USB flash drive；
emmc.img :it is Version 5.3.8 Low Kernel Firmware;
WKY-Armbian_20.12_5.9.0.img :version is 5.9.0 and supports dockers. (If you need to install version 5.9, you must first install 5.8 and then override install 5.9)
Required software download：
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sqgb16o3645ps/WKY-Armbian
Step 2、start
Use a double-ended USB cable with one end connected to your computer’s USB port and the other end connected to the ARM development board’s USB port near the HDMI port, as shown in the image below
Step 3: Double-click on“USB Burning Tool” and import“update.img”. Select “擦除flash” and “擦除bootloader” and click “开始”.
Press the Reset button with the card pin, then switch on the power, and hear the computer ring (similar to the sound of inserting a USB flash drive).
Wait for 100% completion, then click ‘停止’ and close the software.
Step 4: Write Armbian to the USB drive. Open the “balenaEtcher” tool and select emmc. img (this is Armbian version 5.8.8), select the writing device as a USB drive, and click “Flash” to start writing。。。After completion, close the software and remove the USB drive.
Step 5: Unplug the dual male USB cable and power supply, and insert the USB drive into the USB interface near the network port.
Then connect the power supply, the front indicator is green. After a period of time, the indicator will turn blue, and after a period of time, it will start to flash blue/purple, indicating that EMMC is being written. Finally, the indicator light is blue for a long time and no longer changes, indicating that the is completed, and you can unplug the U disk and power supply.
Step 6: Plug in the internet cable and power supply, and wait for the device to start. Under normal circumstances, the indicator light is blue.
Enter the router and view the newly added device IP, which may be named aml, aml s812, etc. For example, the device IP is 192.168.0.106
Open the “putty” software and enter the connection IP address. The default password is 1234. The first login requires changing a password.The Armbian 5.8 system has been successfully installed.
Install Armbian 5.9, please repeat step 4 to 6 (If you need to install version 5.9, you must first install 5.8, and then override install 5.9)
The system is now booted from a USB flash drive, and if the USB flash drive is unplugged, it cannot start. Next, the system needs to be written to EMMC.
Enter the following command in the SSH command panel：
cd /boot/install
./install.s
等待完成即可。
