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where X is the uSD card.
 
where X is the uSD card.
  
==Images==
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==Experimental Images made by community==
  
===Debian image===
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These are unofficial images made by the community. Olimex provides no warranty or support for these images. We maintain official images that can be found here: https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A13-OLinuXino#Linux
 
 
[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-bAEPML8fwlU1NBQ015V2Naa2s A13 Debian Linux Image]
 
 
 
Configuration
 
* 2g SD card image
 
* without X
 
* includes Mplayer CLI, GCC
 
* The default user/password are '''root'''/'''password'''
 
 
 
Extract it and write the image (A13_Micro_Debian_first_preliminary_release.img) on SD card
 
 
 
Note: as this comes in a tar.bz2 file this is best imaged using linux
 
  
 
===Debian with GUI (X)===
 
===Debian with GUI (X)===
 
Created by jwischka
 
Created by jwischka
  
Current images:
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[https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=537.0 Forum thread for this image]
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-r9-headless.zip Headless A13 Debian Image, R9]
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===Linaro Image===
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-r9-video.zip Video-enabled A13 Debian Image, R9]
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[https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=581.0 Forum thread link for this image]
  
Old images:
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===Ubuntu Image===
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino.zip A13 Debian Image with X R2]
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[https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=1103.0 Minimal Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS with 3.4.29 kernel by anubis (Alex)]
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-20130108.zip A13 Debian Image with X R3]
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Features:
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* USB-Ethernet drivers in kernel
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* VGA, LCD support
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* main console on VGA
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* dmesg console on UART1
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* DHCP on eth0 auto
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* ssh server running (just 'arp -a' from your host to detect A13's IP and ssh it to connect)
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* UVC camera support in kernel
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* ready to install x-window-system
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* .config is included (with uImage) to simplify kernel rebuild
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* /tmp as 16M tmpfs
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* Login/pass:  '''root'''/'''password'''
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-20130109.zip A13 Debian Image with X R4]
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Based on:
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-20130117.zip A13 Debian Image with X R5]
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Kernel - https://github.com/linux-sunxi/linux-sunxi.git (branch 'sunxi-3.4')
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-20130119.zip A13 Debian Image with X R6]
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Rootfs - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/release/ubuntu-core-12.04.2-core-armhf.tar.gz
  
[http://files.wisch.org/olinuxino_xfce-20130119_1.zip A13 Debian Image with X R7]
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[https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3qj7lQaPKZGMDNPNXdEb2hGQjQ/edit?usp=sharing You can download it here]
 
 
Configuration <br />
 
R2
 
* 4g SD card image
 
* wpa-supplicant (change /etc/network/interfaces to enter your ssid/key)
 
* xfce4
 
* tightvncserver (starts on boot, no username, password: password)
 
* various dev tools (python, gcc, etc)
 
* sudo
 
* 500mb swap file
 
* custom (non-debug) kernel
 
* default user name and password: olinuxino and olinuxino
 
 
 
R3
 
* Updated kernel to 3.0.57.
 
* Changed FS to ext4, but left journaling intact. Journaling is fairly important when you may lose power at any point in time.
 
* Updated all packages to latest version.
 
 
 
R4
 
* Recompiled kernel with correct i2c timings
 
* New u-boot gives an additional 64MB RAM
 
* VGA should work (may not in future releases)
 
 
 
R5
 
* Recompiled kernel to support USB ethernet, via modules
 
* Incorporated additional kernel changes from linux-sunxi
 
* Updated all packages to latest version.
 
 
 
R6
 
* Recompiled kernel with (hopefully) added UVC support
 
* Added ntp, wicd, some other stuff
 
 
 
R7 - highly recommended upgrade for all users!
 
* Recompiled kernel / u-boot should now give ~480MB usable memory.
 
 
 
R8
 
* Total charlie foxtrot. Deprecated, and not available. Get R9 instead.
 
 
 
R9
 
* Rebuilt kernel after I accidentally deleted everything. Oops.
 
* Moved to 3.4 branch, which should offer greater long-term stability.
 
* USB wifi networking got dropped somewhere along the way. Should be fixed now.
 
* As with R8, things have been split into headless and video builds. Headless builds DO NOT HAVE VGA OR LCD OUTPUT. But they do have more free memory.
 
 
 
once logged in to start the user interface type "startx"
 
 
 
[https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=537.0 Forum thread link for this image]
 
 
 
===Linaro Image===
 
[https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-bAEPML8fwlRm5ZSmZtUXQyMTg Linaro ALIP image]
 
 
 
Configuration
 
* 4gb SD card image
 
* Linaro alip ( lubuntu 12.04 widh lxde desktop environment, minimal )
 
* kernel 3.4.19
 
* to setup networking you can edit /etc/network/interfaces
 
* Password is linaro
 
 
 
[https://www.olimex.com/forum/index.php?topic=581.0 Forum thread link for this image]
 

Latest revision as of 23:28, 22 October 2018

The A13 board can boot from the SD card. There are some ready made SD card images that are suitable. Some of these images can be found in this wiki section.

Once a suitable SD card is imaged with these files, place it into the board then power the board on, it should boot.

All images will have been generated for a specific SD card size. To use these images you must use a SD card that is the specified size or larger.

When the image is downloaded the SD card will only have partitions set up for the originally specified size for the image. If a larger SD card was used you can access the extra memory by using resize2fs.

Note: Some SD cards will list a size on them however the exact number of usable bytes can vary either through bad sectors or different manufacturers. The consequence of this is that an image from a particular size SD card may not fit on another of the same size. If this is the case an error will come up when imaging the card "No space left on device" or a windows error depending on the tool being used. If this issue comes up use a larger SD card size.

Download Method

These images can be downloaded using the methods below

Windows:


Linux:

  • transfer to card

For example an image with the file name of "debian_2g.img" would be downloaded to the SD card connected to a linux machine using one of the following commands:

# dd bs=4M oflag=sync if=debian_2g.img of=/dev/sdX
or
# cp debian_2g.img /dev/sdX

where X is the uSD card.

Experimental Images made by community

These are unofficial images made by the community. Olimex provides no warranty or support for these images. We maintain official images that can be found here: https://www.olimex.com/wiki/A13-OLinuXino#Linux

Debian with GUI (X)

Created by jwischka

Forum thread for this image

Linaro Image

Forum thread link for this image

Ubuntu Image

Minimal Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS with 3.4.29 kernel by anubis (Alex)

Features:

  • USB-Ethernet drivers in kernel
  • VGA, LCD support
  • main console on VGA
  • dmesg console on UART1
  • DHCP on eth0 auto
  • ssh server running (just 'arp -a' from your host to detect A13's IP and ssh it to connect)
  • UVC camera support in kernel
  • ready to install x-window-system
  • .config is included (with uImage) to simplify kernel rebuild
  • /tmp as 16M tmpfs
  • Login/pass: root/password

Based on:

Kernel - https://github.com/linux-sunxi/linux-sunxi.git (branch 'sunxi-3.4')

Rootfs - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-core/releases/12.04/release/ubuntu-core-12.04.2-core-armhf.tar.gz

You can download it here