System Writing

Host Newcomer Operation Guide

Host Newcomer Operation Guide

Preparations Before System Writing

• Card reader
• One TF card with a capacity of no less than 16GB or no more than 128GB, the transmission speed of the TF card must be Class10 or above
• Download the corresponding system image
• Download the required writing tool

System Writing

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TF card writing and writing to M2WE via TF card only require using one of the writing methods.

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• If the machine is installed with M2WE and memory card, the system will boot from the memory card by default.
• It is recommended to use TF card to write the system for M2WE. Using USB to burn into M2W may fail due to driver compatibility issues. It is recommended to directly use Memory Card Burning to M2WE.
• Please pay attention to whether the downloaded system image corresponds. If it does not correspond, the system cannot start.

Writing to TF Card

System Flashing TF Card

Preparation Work

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

Formatting the Memory Card

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

• Or delete the partition using the built-in Disk Management in WIN, after deleting the partition, just recreate the partition.

Flashing to TF Card

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.

Writing 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

Writing to M2WE via USB

Flashing to M2WE via USB

Preparation

Preparation

• First install the software SDFormatter and Rufus Formatting Tool
• Download M2WE BOOT driver
• Extract the system files, after extraction the file name will have a .img extension
• It is not recommended to use balenaEtcher or Raspberry Pi for system flashing
• Install M2WE onto M2SD and then plug M2SD into the computer's USB port
• If there are any data on M2WE, please back them up

Installing the Driver

• Open the 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 during 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 holding down the button

• After installing M2WE, press and hold the BOOT key 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, an additional Unknown Device #x or USB Device(VID_1f3a_PID_efe8) will appear in zadig, select it

• After selecting the device, check if the USB ID matches the one in the above picture. If not, please reselect another device
• The second place in the above 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 installation successful (the driver only needs to be installed once, if you burn again later, you don't need to reinstall the driver)
• Open the installed FLY-BOOT, click Check Device
• If all the previous steps are correct, it will prompt that an available device is found
• Click Start BOOT, if normal, 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 the partition, after deleting the partition, just create a new partition
• Now you can open File Explorer, a 14.5G U-disk (16G eMMC shows as 14.5G) will appear
• You can now use Win32diskimager to flash the system image, choose the drive letter of this 14.5G U-disk

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.

Writing to M2WE or TF Card via M2SD Burner

Install M2WE or SD Card to M2SD

Notice

• This product supports USB3.0
• This product does not support using TF and M2WE together
• After installing M2WE or SD card and connecting it to the computer 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 SDFormatter and Rufus Formatting Tool
• Extract the system, the file name after extraction should have a .img suffix
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher or Raspberry Pi for system writing
• Install M2WE or SD card to M2SD, then plug M2SD into the computer USB interface
• If there are data on M2WE or TF card, please back up

Format Memory Card

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

• Or use the built-in disk management in WIN to delete partitions, and then re-establish partitions after deleting partitions.

Write 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.

Installing the System Card

Installing the TF Card on C8

• After burning the system to the TF card, the TF card needs to be connected to the C8 here, otherwise the system cannot start

Installing the M2WE Card on C8

• Please note that if there is a TF card, the system will boot from the TF card by default
• Please note that hexagonal screwdriver with a diameter of 1.27mm is required to fix the screws

Installing the Antenna

1. Install the antenna for M2WE or 2.4G WiFi module

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• FLY host machine requires M2WE or 2.4G WIFI module to use WiFi
• Please note that the host machine does not support Chinese-named WiFi and does not support dual-band (2.4G and 5G) WiFi

• The red arrow points to the WiFi antenna interface
• The WiFi antenna port is ipex1
• Please install the antenna on M2WE, otherwise the signal may be poor and unable to connect to the router

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• After the system card installation is completed, you can proceed to the next step and connect to the host machine via SSH

2. Power on the host machine.
   Your host machine has already started up at this point!!!
   Please proceed to the next step: SSH Connection to Host Machine

Modifying Other System Configuration Options

For modifying other system configuration options, please refer to: Modifying System Configuration