Transclusion: IOT-GATE-iMX8: cl-deply

The `CompuLab Deployment Tool` is a shell script that allows to deploy a working OS image from USB flash drive to the IOT-GATE-iMX8 / SBC-IOT-iMX8 on-board storage (eMMC).

Follow the step-by-step procedure for a selected image:

• In the terminal window issue, root privilege is needed (sudu):

root@iot-gate-imx8:~# cl-deploy

• Follow the steps below:

Action	Screenshot
Use the space bar key to select the installation target storage /dev/mmcblk2	Select a destination device ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Available Devices: │ │ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ ( ) /dev/mmcblk1 │ │ │ │ (*) /dev/mmcblk2 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ├────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < OK > <Cancel> │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘
Be aware of the fact that all the data on the target storage will be erased	Start Deployment ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────── WARNING ───────────────┐ │ Src: /dev/sda -> Dst: /dev/mmcblk2 │ │ │ │ All data on /dev/mmcblk2 will be │ │ destroyed │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Yes > < No > │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘
While installation process is running the output screen shows the log and progress	Allocating group tables: done Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (4096 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done [ 1074.510952] EXT4-fs (mmcblk2p1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ 1074.617588] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ /dev/sda1 => /dev/mmcblk2p1 ]: 17.9MiB 0:00:01 [17.8MiB/s] [         <=>         ]
When installation is complete, the following message will show up	Finished with success ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Boot media has been deployed on │ │ /dev/mmcblk2 │ │ │ │ Would you like to reboot the device │ │ now? │ │ │ │ │ ├────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ < Yes > < No > │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘