Flashing Jetson; Before You Begin; Downloading L4T Drivers - Nvidia Jetson TK1 Quick Start Manual

Flashing Jetson

This section steps you through process to re-flash your Jetson TK1 Development Kit.

Before you Begin

> You have a Jetson TK1 Tegra Developer Kit equipped with the NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor.
> You have a host machine that is running Linux.
> Your developer system is cabled as follows:
Serial cable plugged into the serial port J1A2 UART4 on the target connected to your Linux
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host directly or through a serial-to-USB converter. (To setup serial console on the Linux
host.)
USB Micro-B cable connecting Jetson TK1 (J1E1 USB0) to your Linux host for flashing.
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 (Not included in the developer kit) To connect USB peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, and
[optional] USB/Ethernet adapter (for network connection), a USB hub should be connected to
the working USB port (J1C2 USB2) on the Jetson TK1 system.
An HDMI cable plugged into "J1C1 HDMI1" on the target which is connected to an external
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HDMI display.
An Ethernet cable plugged into the J1D1 on board Ethernet port.
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Downloading L4T Drivers

${RELEASE_NAME} in the following directions refers to the respective package name as follows:
> Jetson TK1: Tegra124_Linux_Rxx.x.x_armhf.tbz2
Download the latest L4T release package for your developer system and the sample file system from
https://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra
1. Untar the release package and assemble the sample file system:
sudo tar xpf ${RELEASE_NAME}
cd Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
sudo tar xpf ../../Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-
Filesystem_Rxx.x.x_armhf.tbz2
cd ../
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh
2. Flash the sample file system onto the system's internal eMMC:
a) Put your system into "reset recovery mode" by holding down the RECOVERY button
while pressing and releasing the RESET button once on the main board.
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