Flashing real hardware¶
Check this page for instructions on flashing different types of hardware.
Flashing x86¶
These instructions apply to x86 routers distributed by the Paradrop development team (PC Engines APU1 boards).
Download snappy here: Ubuntu Snappy
Or run:
wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.04/ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img.xz
unxz ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img.xz
Note the instructions below are specific to Mac OS, but similar utilities exist for Linux
Run the following command from terminal to verify the path of SD card:
diskutil list
The output shows all the disks current mounted on the system. Look for the path of your SD card by size and name:
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *8.0 GB disk3
1: DOS_FAT_32 RPISDCARD 8.0 GB disk3s1
In this example dev/disk3
is the path the SD card.
Unmount the current partition on the SD card in order to sucessfully use dd
to write:
diskutil unmount /dev/disk3s1
Use dd
command to write image file (Note the r
added to rdisk3
which drastically improves write performance) to the disk. (Note: bs
stands for block size in bytes.)
Go to the directory where your .img located and run command below:
sudo dd if=ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img of=/dev/rdisk3 bs=2m
Should take a few minutes to complete.
Flashing RaspberryPi Gen2¶
Make sure your Raspberry Pi is the Generation 2 version, otherwise, all Gen1 will not work since Ubuntu Snappy requires ARMv7
architecture.
Flashing image into MicroSD card for RaspberryPi 2 is similar to the instructions above. Download the corresponding images and following the instructions above should work.
Detailed instructions can be found here.