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== Board-specific installation notes == | == Board-specific installation notes == | ||
U-Boot needs to be copied to specific sectors on the microSD card, eMMC or image with <code>dd</code>. Download/build U-Boot for the board, and write <code>idbloader.img</code> and <code>u-boot.itb</code>. | U-Boot needs to be copied to specific sectors on the microSD card, eMMC or image with <code>dd</code>. | ||
You can use [nixos-aarch64-images https://github.com/Mic92/nixos-aarch64-images] to get an rock64 compatible disk image | |||
or running the commands manually. | |||
Download/build U-Boot for the board, and write <code>idbloader.img</code> and <code>u-boot.itb</code>. | |||
Replace in the command below <code>/dev/mmcblkX</code> with the correct device to the sdcard i.e. <code>/dev/mmcblk0</code>. You can use the <code>lsblk</code> command to get a list of all devices: | Replace in the command below <code>/dev/mmcblkX</code> with the correct device to the sdcard i.e. <code>/dev/mmcblk0</code>. You can use the <code>lsblk</code> command to get a list of all devices: | ||
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This will make the first partition of the installation device unmountable and it can be deleted, but the space needs to be kept to not overwrite the bootloader with another filesystem. | This will make the first partition of the installation device unmountable and it can be deleted, but the space needs to be kept to not overwrite the bootloader with another filesystem. | ||
{{note|Prior to NixOS 20.03, a downstream version of U-Boot 2017.09 was packaged, which placed U-Boot in a single <code>idbloader.img</code> file. If that version is used, simply disregard the second command above.}} | {{note|Prior to NixOS 20.03, a downstream version of U-Boot 2017.09 was packaged, which placed U-Boot in a single <code>idbloader.img</code> file. If that version is used, simply disregard the second command above.}} | ||