System Image Flashing

System Introduction

Beginners Must Read

• FAST system description
• Click to jump to FAST description

System Account

• FLYOS-FAST system account is root, password is mellow

Preparations Before System Flashing

1. Prepare the required devices

If using a TF card to boot the system, prepare the following devices

• Card reader
• One TF card, capacity 16GB-128GB, transfer speed Class10 or above
• It is recommended to use TF cards from well-known brands like SanDisk, Samsung, Kioxia, etc. Do NOT use unbranded TF cards!
• A Windows system computer (Windows 7, Windows 10, or Windows 11)

If using M2WE to boot the system, prepare the following devices

• Please note that Lite series and MINI-PAD series do NOT support M2WE
• M2WE (FLY proprietary device)
• M2SD (FLY flashing device)
• A Windows system computer (Windows 7, Windows 10, or Windows 11)
• Installation diagram
• M2WE printing file download. Using this printed part can prevent poor contact issues
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2. Download the FLY-H5 system image:

   • The current FAST version is FlyOS-FAST-V1.3.xx
   • Please download the FLY-H5 image from the FlyOS-FAST-V1.3.xx folder
   • Click to automatically jump to the system download page
   • Click Download File
   
   • After clicking Download File, a Select Download File interface will appear
   • Then select H5 under Chip Type
   
   • Choose to download either EXE or 7Z according to your needs; they are the same!!
   • This tutorial uses EXE as an example
   
   • Wait for the download to complete

3. Extract the system image file to get the .img file.

   • Double-click or right-click to open FlyOS-Fast-H5-V1.3.xx.img.7z, a window will pop up after a few seconds (if the system warns about security, please click "More Info" -> "Run")
   • You can choose the extraction directory, then click the Extract button and wait for extraction to complete.
   
   • After extraction, the file FlyOS-Fast-H5-V1.3.xx.img will be generated in the extraction directory. V1.3.xx is the system version number.

4. Install the device to be flashed on the computer

Flashing the System

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

   

2. Boot selection should default to Image file.

3. For image file selection, 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 will display the filename of the image.

   

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

   

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

   

7. After flashing is complete, do not rush to remove the flashing card.

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

   

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

   

10. Install the system card onto the motherboard.

Installing the System Card

M2WE Installation Diagram for PI-V2

TF Card Installation Diagram for PI-V2

Installing the Antenna

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

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• The FLY host computer requires the M2WE or 2.4G WIFI module; otherwise, WiFi cannot be used.
• Please note that the host computer does not support WiFi with Chinese names, nor does it support dual-band合一 WiFi (2.4G and 5G).

• The location indicated by the red arrow is the WIFI antenna interface.
• The WIFI antenna port is ipex1.
• Please install the antenna onto the M2WE; otherwise, poor signal may result in failure to connect to the router.

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• After the system card is installed, proceed to the next step: connecting to the host via SSH.

2. Power the host computer.
   At this point, your host computer is ready to boot up!!!
   Please proceed to the next step: SSH Connect to Host

Modifying Other System Configuration Options

To modify other system configuration options, please refer to: Modifying System Configuration