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 fully migrate the image originally on the TF card to the M2WE. After the migration is complete, the contents in the M2WE remain consistent with those on the original TF card.

• Power on and start after installing the M2WE
• Please first connect to SSH using serial port Connect to SSH
• Execute the following command; you may be prompted to enter a password. Enter the password mellow and press Enter. Note that the password is not visible.

sudo nand-sata-install

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

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

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

• Wait patiently 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 power off or perform other operations until the migration is complete
• After the migration is complete, press Enter to wait for the device to fully shut down

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

Burning to M2WE through USB

Prepare USB to Burn to M2WE

Preparation

• First install the software Win32DiskImager
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher for system burning
• Extract the system, the file name after extraction will have a .img suffix
• Download M2WE BOOT driver

Install Driver

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

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Ensure that the device is connected to the computer while the button is pressed

• Install M2WE and press the BOOT key and connect the dual-headed 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 additional Unknown Device #x or USB Device(VID_1f3a_PID_efe8) in zadig, select it

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

• USB driver installation successful (the driver only needs to be installed once, no need to reinstall the driver if burning again in the future)
• Open the installed FLY-BOOT, click Check Device
• If all previous steps are correct, it will prompt that an available device has been found
• Click Start BOOT, if normal it will prompt that BOOT has been successfully enabled

Format M2WE

• Use TFFormatter.exe software to format the BOOT disk

• Or use the built-in disk management of WIN to delete the partition, and then recreate the partition after deleting.
• Now you can open File Explorer, a 14.5G USB drive (16G eMMC shows as 14.5G) will appear
• You can now burn the system image using Win32diskimager, select the drive letter of this 14.5G USB drive

Burning to M2WE through M2SD Burner

Installing M2WE or SD Card to M2WE

Note

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

Install M2WE

Install TF

Preparation

• First install the software Win32DiskImager
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher for system burning
• Extract the system, the file name suffix after extraction should be .img
• Insert the TF card into the reader, then plug the reader into the computer's USB port
• If the TF card has data, please back it up. After the system is installed, it is not recommended to remove the system card unless you need to burn it to M2WE and then remove the TF card

Formatting the Memory Card

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

• Or use the built-in disk management of Windows to delete the partition, then recreate the partition.

Burning the System

Testing

• Select the file to be burned in red
• Select the TF card to be burned in orange
• Burn the system to the TF card in blue

• Confirm burning and wait for it to complete

• Burning completed

System Configuration

FLYOS_Env Usage

Tip

• 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.