Burning System

Notice

• M2WE is pre-flashed with FLYOS when it leaves the factory
• If you need to reflash, please refer to the tutorial below

Beginner's Operation Guide for Host Computer

Beginner's Operation Guide for Host Computer

System Burning Preparation

• Card reader
• One TF card, the capacity must be no less than 16GB or no more than 128GB, and the transfer speed of the TF card must be class10 or above
• Download the corresponding system image
• Download the required burning tool

System Burning

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M2WE supports three modes, I recommend using TF card migration to M2WE and burning to M2WE through M2SD Burner

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• If the machine is installed with M2WE and a memory card, the system defaults to boot from the memory card
• It is recommended to use TF card to flash the system for M2WE, burning to M2W through USB may fail due to driver compatibility and other reasons, it is recommended to directly use burning memory card to M2WE
• Please note whether the downloaded system image corresponds, if it does not correspond, it cannot be started

Burning to M2WE through 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

Burning to M2WE through 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, and ensure that the displayed capacity of the selected device matches the capacity of the flashing card inserted into the computer.

   

2. Select the boot type. By default, select image file.

3. Choose the image file. Click the select button to the right of the boot type selection, and select the .img file after decompression.

4. After selecting the image file, the boot type selection will change to the filename of the image file.

   

5. Click the start button. If a pop-up window appears prompting to clear disk data, click OK.

   

6. After flashing is complete, the computer will emit a提示 sound, and the progress bar will display as Ready.

   

7. Do not rush to remove the flashing card after completion.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a U-drive or removable disk named FlyOS-Conf.

   

9. Open FlyOS-Conf. If the two files shown in the image below exist, it indicates that the flashing was successful.

   

10. Install the system card onto the motherboard.

Burning to M2WE through 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, and ensure that the displayed capacity of the selected device matches the capacity of the flashing card inserted into the computer.

   

2. Select the boot type. By default, select image file.

3. Choose the image file. Click the select button to the right of the boot type selection, and select the .img file after decompression.

4. After selecting the image file, the boot type selection will change to the filename of the image file.

   

5. Click the start button. If a pop-up window appears prompting to clear disk data, click OK.

   

6. After flashing is complete, the computer will emit a提示 sound, and the progress bar will display as Ready.

   

7. Do not rush to remove the flashing card after completion.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a U-drive or removable disk named FlyOS-Conf.

   

9. Open FlyOS-Conf. If the two files shown in the image below exist, it indicates that the flashing was successful.

   

10. Install the system card onto the motherboard.

System Configuration

FLYOS_Env Usage

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• Starting from system version 3.3.4, you can directly use FLY-TOOLS for system configuration without entering boot to modify configurations.
• Please note that older systems do not support direct use of FLY-TOOLS for configuration.
• Tutorial for Using FLY_TOOLS

WIFI Configuration Instructions

Notice

• The WIFI configuration method is complex and requires connecting to the host machine via serial port before performing WIFI connection.