Bootstrap The System; Activate Recovery Mode - Avionic Design Meerkat K1 Eval Kit User Manual

5.2 Bootstrap the system

The bootstrapping process puts the system into a defined bootable condition. The pre-installed operating
system on the SOM is GNU/Linux system based on buildroot. You can bootstrap the SOM and rebuild your
own system based on Linux.
This involves two steps:
1. Building and flashing the bootloader.
2. Building and flashing the kernel and root filesystem.

5.2.1 Activate recovery mode

Before you activate the recovery mode of the Eval Kit, make sure you have all the necessary items:
Your delivery does not include this necessary item:
 1x computer with a Linux OS
 1x USB Micro-B to USB Type A cable
1. Put the USB Micro-B plug into the recovery USB port (see Figure 1) and put the USB Type A plug into
a USB port on your computer.
2. The Module must be powered on
3. Push and hold the recovery button (see Figure 5)
4. Push the reset button to reset on the Eval Kit.
5. Release the recovery button.
 The recovery mode is activated.
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