Intel Core i7 CPU (and later): Installing to Internal Flash

To install the system image onto an internal flash drive, enable the WIC Image Installer. Next, follow these instructions to flash the installer onto a USB stick/SD Card.

Preparation

Important

Ensure you replace <factory> with the name of your Factory.

  1. Download the necessary files from https://app.foundries.io/factories/<factory>/targets:

    1. Click the latest Target with the platform trigger.
    2. Expand the run in the Runs section which corresponds with the name of the board. Download the Factory image for that machine, e.g., lmp-factory-image-<machine-name>.wic.gz or lmp-base-console-image-<machine-name>.wic.gz.

Flashing

Flash lmp-factory-image-intel-corei7-64.wic.gz onto a USB Stick/SD Card. This contains the system image installer.

  1. Determine which disk to flash by finding the device with the SIZE that matches that of your flash drive. Ignore partitions (indicated by part under TYPE). Note the NAME of the flash drive (e.g., /dev/mmcblk0, /dev/sdb), as it will be used for the disk path:

    lsblk -po +MODEL
    
    $ lsblk -po +MODEL
    NAME             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT                 MODEL
    /dev/mmcblk0     179:0    0  29.8G  0 disk
    ├─/dev/mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  41.6M  0 part /mnt/boot
    └─/dev/mmcblk0p2 179:2    0  29.8G  0 part /mnt/otaroot
    /dev/zram0       254:0    0    26G  0 disk /out
    /dev/nvme0n1     259:0    0 953.9G  0 disk                            SSDPEKKF010T8 NVMe INTEL 1024GB
    
  2. Flash the disk.

    Replace <system-image> with the path to your system image.
    Replace /dev/mmcblk<X> with your chosen disk path.
gunzip -c <system-image> | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk<X> bs=4M iflag=fullblock oflag=direct status=progress
  1. Remove the flash drive and connect it to the board.
  2. Power on the board to boot the new image.

Most Intel devices will boot from USB automatically. If the device does not, hold F12 when the device boots. This will allow you to select the USB from a system-specific boot menu.

If F12 does not work for you, check your device’s documentation for how to bring up the boot menu.

Booting the Installer

Warning

The following steps will delete anything already on the selected device.

After boot, wait until the message:

Please select an install target or press n to exit (sda sdc)
sda

Type the name of the device you want to install the system image. In the example above, the device used was sda.

After selecting the device, you will be asked if you want to proceed. Type y to continue the installation.

Installation successful. Remove your installation media and press Enter to reboot.

Follow the instructions and reboot the device.