Build: https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android_snowball-jb-gcc47-igloo-stable-blob-12.09-release/#build=5
Install instructions:
= Get artifacts =
# http://releases.linaro.org/12.09/android/images/snowball-jb-gcc47-igloo-stable-blob/boot.tar.bz2
# http://releases.linaro.org/12.09/android/images/snowball-jb-gcc47-igloo-stable-blob/system.tar.bz2
# http://releases.linaro.org/12.09/android/images/snowball-jb-gcc47-igloo-stable-blob/userdata.tar.bz2
Accept the end-user license agreement
= Get linaro image tools =
Run these commands to get all the dependencies for linaro-image-tools
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linaro-maintainers/tools
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install linaro-image-tools
= Create media (SD card) =
Disable automount (instructions provided for Gnome)
$ TMP1=$(dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount)
$ TMP2=$(dconf read /org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open)
$ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount false
$ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open false
Insert an SD card
Run 'dmesg'
$ dmesg
Look for a line that looks like the following at the end of the log
[288582.790722] sdc: sdc1 sdc2 sdc3 sdc4 < sdc5 sdc6 >
WARNING: In the next step, make sure you use /dev/"whatever you see above".
You can erase your hard drive with the wrong parameter.
Run linaro image tools
$ linaro-android-media-create --mmc /dev/sdc --dev snowball_sd --boot boot.tar.bz2 --system system.tar.bz2 --userdata userdata.tar.bz2
Restore automount
$ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount $TMP1
$ dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/media-handling/automount-open $TMP2
Remove the SD card from the device writer and plug it into the board.
= Check console output =
Plug in an USB-to-serial converter and run minicom
$ minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 -w -C minicom.txt
= Notes =
* Note 1 - Outdated U-Boot
During the 12.05 cycle, U-Boot changed and must be upgraded in eMMC if your
boot line is older than: U-boot 2012.04.01 (May 24 2012 - 19:50:12)
If you only want to be able to boot from the SD card and don't care about
booting from the eMMC (internal flash), the quick solution is to do:
$ sudo linaro-android-media-create --image-file snowball.img --image-size 1500M --dev snowball_emmc --boot boot.tar.bz2 --system system.tar.bz2 --userdata userdata.tar.bz2
$ sudo riff -f snowball.img
If you don't have riff, follow the instructions below to install it.
If you want to be able to boot from the eMMC, you need to modify a few lines
in init.partitions.rc file.
$ mkdir temp
$ cd temp
$ mv ../boot.tar.bz2 .
$ tar xjf boot.tar.bz2
$ cd boot
$ mkdir temp
$ cd temp
$ mv ../uInitrd .
$ dd if=uInitrd of=initrd.gz bs=64 skip=1
$ gunzip initrd.gz
$ mkdir init
$ cd init
$ cpio -i < ../initrd
Open the init.partition.rc file and follow the instruction in the file
$ sudo find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ../newinitrd.cpio.gz
$ mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 -n initramfs -d ../newinitrd.cpio.gz ../uInitrd.new
$ cd ../..
$ cp temp/init/uInitrd.new uInitrd
$ rm -rf temp
$ cd ..
$ tar cjf boot.tar.bz2 boot
$ cd ..
$ mv temp/boot.tar.bz2 .
$ rm -rf temp
Download startupfiles from
http://www.igloocommunity.org/download/linaro/startupfiles/latest
$ tar -xvf startupfiles_3.0.8-0.tar.gz
$ linaro-android-media-create --image-file snowball.img --image-size 1500M --dev snowball_emmc --boot boot.tar.bz2 --system system.tar.bz2 --userdata userdata.tar.bz2
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:igloocommunity-maintainers/snowball-tools
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install riff
(OPTIONAL) Remove the PPA
$ sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:igloocommunity-maintainers/snowball-tools
Turn off the board
$ sudo riff -f snowball.img
Connect your board using the OTG USB port (next to power supply port) to
your PC
Turn on the board
Riff will detect the board and start the execution
When execution is finalized riff will exit
On the first boot, the user interface can take up to 10 minutes to come up.
Please be patient. If the board doesn't come up, you might be affected by
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/823313 bug.
* Note 2 - ADB only works over IP
In the console type:
stop adbd
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 6565
start adbd
ifconfig eth0 # to get boardsIP
On the host type:
adb connect boardsIP:6565
= Links =
For more information on how to use this builds please see the Linaro wiki at:
http://wiki.linaro.org/Platform/Android/ImageInstallation
