Create SD Card
1. Download Binaries
2. Follow installation instructions for Mac, PC or Linux
1. Download Parabuntu Binaries
These 2016.11 Parabuntu releases represent contain the recommended Linux distributions and firmware for the Parallella boards. Make sure you download the correct one for you board! The distribution includes a number of pre-installed goodies like OpenMP, OpenCL, and epython. Just ‘cd’ into ‘parallella-examples’ and have fun!
Complete release notes can be found HERE.
P1600 (Microserver) and P1601 (Desktop/Motherboard) Boards:
P1602 (Embedded) and A101040 (Kickstarter) Boards:
2. Install
$ gunzip -d <releasename>.img.gz
The exact device path to your SD card depends on your Linux distribution and computer setup. Using the command below to get the right path. If it’s not clear from output which path is the right one, try the command with and without the SD card inserted. In Ubuntu, the path returned might be something like ‘/dev/mmcblk0p1’.
$ df -h
You will need to unmount all partitions on the SD cards before burning the card. The <sd-partition-path> comes from the ‘df’ command in step 3.
$ umount <sd-partition-path>
Burn the image onto the SD card using the ‘dd’ utility shown in the command example below. Please be careful and make sure you specify the path correctly as this command is irreversible and will overwrite anything in the path! An example command in Ubuntu would be: ‘sudo dd bs=4M if=my_release.img of=/dev/mmcblk0’. Please be patient, this could take a while (many minutes) depending on the computer and SD card being used.
$ sudo dd bs=4M if=<release-name>.img of=<sd-device-path>
$ sync
The following command will return the device path to your SD card. You will need to carefully determine from the output which path belongs to the SD card and which path belongs to your regular fixed drive. Please be careful! The ‘dd’ command in step 4 overwrites anything in its path.
$ diskutil list
$ diskutil unmountDisk <sd-device-path>
Burn the image onto the SD card using the ‘dd’ utility. Please be careful and make sure you specify the path correctly as this action is irreversible! In the terminal write the image to the card with the command below, making sure you replace the input file ‘if=’ argument with the path to your “*.img” file, and the <sd-device-path> in the ‘of=’ with the right device path output from the ‘diskutil’ command in step 3. Please be patient, this could take a while (many minutes) depending on the computer and SD card being used.
$ sudo dd if=<release-name>.img of=<sd-device-path> bs=1m
Use 7-Zip or an equivalent program to unzip the file <release-name>.img.gz
Use Win32 disk imager or equivalent program to burn the <release-name>.img to the micro-SD card
