System Flashing

Host Computer Beginner's Guide

Host Computer Beginner's Guide

Preparations Before System Flashing

• Card reader
• One TF card, with a capacity of at least 16GB but no more than 128GB. The TF card's transfer speed must be Class10 or higher
• If you don't have a TF card, please purchase an M2WE module and M2SD programmer. Please note that the M2WE module cannot use the WiFi function under the FlyOS-Armbian system
• Download the corresponding system image
• Download the necessary flashing tool

System Flashing

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• Flashing to TF card or flashing to M2WE via TF card only needs to be done using one of the methods
• Please note that the M2WE module cannot use the WiFi function under the FlyOS-Armbian system

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• If the device has both an M2WE and a memory card installed, the system will boot from the memory card by default
• It is recommended to flash the system to the M2WE using a TF card; flashing to M2WE via USB might fail due to driver compatibility issues. We recommend directly using TF card flashing to M2WE
• Please ensure that the downloaded system image matches your hardware; otherwise, it will not boot

Notes

• Please note that the M2WE module cannot use the WiFi function under the FlyOS-Armbian system

Flash to TF Card

Flashing the System to TF Card

Preparation

• First install the software SDFormatter and Rufus Formatting Tool
• Extract the system, after extraction the file suffix is .img
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher and Raspberry Pi for system flashing
• Insert the TF card into the card reader, and plug the card reader into the computer's USB port
• If the TF card has data, back it up. After flashing the system, the system card is not recommended to be removed unless you need to flash to M2WE

Formatting the Memory Card

• Use the SDFormatter.exe software to format the TF card
• Select the disk you want to format

• Or use the built-in disk management in WIN to delete partitions, after deleting the partition, create a new partition.

Flashing to TF Card

Flashing the System

1. Open Rufus, select the device. The displayed capacity should match the capacity of the SD card inserted into the computer.

   

2. For Boot selection, simply leave it set to the default option, Disk or ISO image.

3. To select the image file, click the Select button to the right of Boot selection, and choose the extracted .img file.

4. After selecting the image file, the Boot selection field will change to display the filename of the image.

   

5. Click the Start button. If a window pops up indicating that the disk data needs to be erased, click OK.

   

6. Once the flashing process is complete, the computer will emit a prompt sound, and the progress bar will show Ready.

   

7. After flashing is complete, there is no need to immediately remove the SD card.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a USB drive or removable disk named BOOT.

   

9. The appearance of the FlyOS-env file indicates that the flashing was successful.

10. Install the SD card into the motherboard.

Flash to M2WE via TF Card

Flashing to M2WE via TF Card

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System migration can completely transfer the image on the TF card to the M2WE, and after the migration is completed, the contents in M2WE remain consistent with those on the original TF card.

• After installing M2WE, power it on and boot
• Please first connect to SSH using a serial port by clicking here
• Execute the following command; you may be prompted to enter a password. Input the password mellow and press Enter (note that the password is invisible)

sudo nand-sata-install

• Select the option Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC and press Enter (generally the default option is selected, so just press Enter directly)

• When prompted with This script will erase your eMMC. Continue?, select Yes and press Enter (generally the default option is selected, so just press Enter directly)

• Select the file system type as ext4 and press Enter (generally the default option is selected, so just press Enter directly)

• Be patient until the progress bar appears (if no progress bar appears within 2 minutes, please press CTRL+C to terminate the operation, then restart the device and try again)

• During the system migration process, do not disconnect power or perform other operations until the migration is complete
• After the migration is complete, press Enter directly, and wait for the device to fully shut down

• After shutdown, remove the TF card, power on again, and the system can now boot from the eMMC

Flash to M2WE via USB

Flashing to M2WE via USB

Preparation

Preparation

• Install the software SDFormatter and Rufus first Formatting tool
• Download M2WE BOOT driver
• Extract the system, after extraction the file suffix is .img
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher and Raspberry Pi for system flashing
• Insert the M2WE or SD card into the M2SD, then insert the M2SD into the computer's USB port
• If there is data on the M2WE, please back it up

Installing the Driver

• Open the Zadig software
• Except for the first Zadig, which does not need to be installed and can be run directly, the other two need to be installed. Just click Next or Next during the installation process
• Open Zadig, check List All Devices in the top menu bar Options

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Make sure the device is connected to the computer while the button is pressed

• Install M2WE, press the BOOT button and connect the dual-head USB to the computer

FLY-C8

• FLY-C8 port

FLY-Pi v2

• FLY-Pi v2 port

FLY-Pi(π)

• FLY-Pi port

FLY-Gemini

• FLY-Gemini port

• Open zadig

• If everything is normal, there will be an Unknow Device #x or USB Device(VID_1f3a_PID_efe8) in zadig, select it

• After selecting the device, check if the USB ID matches the one in the picture. If not, please select another device
• The second part of the picture can only select WinUSB(vxxxxxxx), the version number doesn't matter
• Click Install Driver to install the driver

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• USB driver installed successfully (the driver only needs to be installed once, no need to install again if you burn it again)
• Open the installed FLY-BOOT, click Check Device
• If the previous steps are operated correctly, it will prompt that a device is available
• Click BOOT to start, if it works normally, it will prompt that BOOT has been successfully enabled

Formatting M2WE

• Use the TFFormatter.exe software to format the BOOT disk

• Or use the built-in disk management in WIN to delete partitions, delete the partition and create a new one again.
• Now you can open File Explorer, and there will be a 14.5G USB drive (16G eMMC shows as 14.5G)
• You can now directly use Win32diskimager to flash the system image, and select the drive letter as this 14.5G USB drive

Flashing to M2WE

Flashing the System

1. Open Rufus, select the device. The displayed capacity should match the capacity of the SD card inserted into the computer.

   

2. For Boot selection, simply leave it set to the default option, Disk or ISO image.

3. To select the image file, click the Select button to the right of Boot selection, and choose the extracted .img file.

4. After selecting the image file, the Boot selection field will change to display the filename of the image.

   

5. Click the Start button. If a window pops up indicating that the disk data needs to be erased, click OK.

   

6. Once the flashing process is complete, the computer will emit a prompt sound, and the progress bar will show Ready.

   

7. After flashing is complete, there is no need to immediately remove the SD card.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a USB drive or removable disk named BOOT.

   

9. The appearance of the FlyOS-env file indicates that the flashing was successful.

10. Install the SD card into the motherboard.

Flash to M2WE or TF Card via M2SD Burner

Install M2WE or SD card on M2SD

Notes

• This product supports USB3.0
• This product does not support using TF and M2WE at the same time
• After installing M2WE or SD card, connect to the computer's USB port to format
• Do not install NVME or other devices, otherwise it will cause damage to the device !!!

Install M2WE

Install TF

Preparation

• First install the software SDFormatter and Rufus Formatting tool
• Extract the system, after extraction the file suffix is .img
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher and Raspberry Pi for system burning
• Install M2WE or SD card on M2SD, then insert M2SD into the computer's USB interface
• If there is data on M2WE or TF card, please back it up

Format the memory card

• Use the TFFormatter.exe software to format
• Select the disk you need to format

• Or use the built-in disk management in WIN to delete the partition, after deleting the partition, create a new partition.

Burn the system

Flashing the System

1. Open Rufus, select the device. The displayed capacity should match the capacity of the SD card inserted into the computer.

   

2. For Boot selection, simply leave it set to the default option, Disk or ISO image.

3. To select the image file, click the Select button to the right of Boot selection, and choose the extracted .img file.

4. After selecting the image file, the Boot selection field will change to display the filename of the image.

   

5. Click the Start button. If a window pops up indicating that the disk data needs to be erased, click OK.

   

6. Once the flashing process is complete, the computer will emit a prompt sound, and the progress bar will show Ready.

   

7. After flashing is complete, there is no need to immediately remove the SD card.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a USB drive or removable disk named BOOT.

   

9. The appearance of the FlyOS-env file indicates that the flashing was successful.

10. Install the SD card into the motherboard.

Installing the System Card

Installing the TF Card on PI V2

• After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to this location on the PI V2, otherwise the system cannot boot

Installing the M2WE Card on PI V2

• Please note that the system will boot from the TF card by default if one is present
• Please note that a 1.27 hex screwdriver is required to secure the screw

Installing the TF Card on PI

• After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to this location on the PI, otherwise the system cannot boot

Installing the M2WE Card on PI

• Please note that the system will boot from the TF card by default if one is present
• Please note that a 1.27 hex screwdriver is required to secure the screw

Installing the TF Card on C8

• After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to this location on C8, otherwise the system cannot boot

Installing the M2WE Card on C8

• Please note that the system will boot from the TF card by default if one is present
• Please note that a 1.27 hex screwdriver is required to secure the screw

Installing the TF Card on Gemini-V3

• After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to this location on C8, otherwise the system cannot boot

Installing the M2WE Card on Gemini-V3

• Please note that the system will boot from the TF card by default if one is present
• Please note that a 1.27 hex screwdriver is required to secure the screw

Connecting the TF Card to LITE2.1

• After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to LITE2.1, otherwise the system cannot boot

Connecting the TF Card to MINI PAD

• After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to the back of the MINI PAD here, otherwise the system cannot boot