System Burning
Host User Guide for Beginners
Host User Guide for BeginnersPreparation Before System Burning
- Card Reader
- One TF card, the capacity must be no less than 16GB or no more than 128GB, 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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TF card burning and burning to M2WE through a TF card only requires using one of the burning methods.
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- If the machine is installed with M2WE and memory card, the system will default to boot from the memory card.
- It is recommended to use the TF card to burn the system; burning to M2WE via USB may fail due to driver compatibility issues. It is recommended to directly use Memory Card Burning to M2WE
- Please note whether the downloaded system image is correct. If it does not match, the system cannot start.
- Burning to TF Card
- Burning to M2WE through TF Card
- Burning to M2WE through USB
- Burning to M2WE or TF Card through M2SD Burner
System Burn-in SD Card
Preparation
- First install the software
Win32DiskImager
Formatting Tool - Extract the system and the file name after extraction should have a
.img
suffix - It is not recommended to use
balenaetcher
orRaspberry Pi
for system burning - Insert the SD card into the reader and plug the reader into the computer's USB interface
- If the SD card has data, please back it up. After the system is burned, the system card is not recommended to be removed. You can only remove the SD card after it needs to be burned to M2WE and then removed
Formatting Memory Card
- Use the
SDFormatter.exe
software to format the SD card - Select the disk you want to format

- Alternatively, use the built-in Disk Management in Windows to delete the partition, and then re-create the partition after deleting the partition.
Burning to SD Card
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

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, selectYes
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
Prepare USB Burning to M2WE
Preparation
- First install the software
Win32DiskImager
Formatter Tool - Extract the system and the file name after extraction should end with
.img
- It is not recommended to use
balenaetcher
orRaspberry Pi
for system burning - If there are data on M2WE, please back up
- Download M2WE BOOT driver
Install Drivers
- 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 clickNext
orNext
during the installation process. - Open
Zadig
, checkList All Devices
in the top menu barOptions

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Make sure the device is connected to the computer while pressing the button.
- After installing M2WE, press and hold the BOOT key and connect the dual-head USB to the computer.

- FLY-C8
- FLY-Pi v2
- FLY-Pi(π)
- FLY-Gemini
- FLY-C8 port

- FLY-Pi v2 port

- FLY-Pi port

- FLY-Gemini port

- Open zadig

- If everything is normal, a new
Unknown Device #x
orUSB Device(VID_1f3a_PID_efe8)
will appear in zadig, select it.

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

- USB driver installation is successful (the driver only needs to be installed once, if you burn again in the future, 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 to start
BOOT
, if it is normal, it will prompt thatBOOT
has been successfully enabled.
Format M2WE
- Use the
TFFormatter.exe
software to format theBOOT
disk.

- Or use the built-in disk management of WIN to delete the partition, then create a new partition after deleting.
- Now you can open File Explorer, and a 14.5G U-disk will appear (16G eMMC shows as 14.5G).
- You can now use Win32diskimager to burn the system image, select the drive letter for this 14.5G U-disk.
Burn to M2WE
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

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


Preparation
- First install the software
Win32DiskImager
Formatting tool - Extract the system files, the file name suffix after extraction should be
.img
- It is not recommended to use
balenaetcher
orRaspberry Pi
for system writing - Install M2WE or SD card on M2WE first, then plug the reader into the computer's USB interface
- If there are data on M2WE or TF card, please back up
Formatting Memory Card
- Use the
TFFormatter.exe
software to format - Select the disk you want to format

- Or delete the partition using the built-in disk management of WIN and then re-create the partition.
Writing 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.
Installing TF Card or M2WE onto PI
- Installing TF Card onto PI
- Installing M2WE Card onto PI
- After burning the system to the TF card, you need to connect the TF card to the PI here, otherwise the system cannot start.

- Please note that if there is a TF card, the system will default to boot from the TF card.
- Please note that the screws need to be fixed with a 1.27 hex screwdriver.
