Flashing An Image; Boot Media - Hardkernnel ODROID-C2 User Manual

Flashing an Image

erating system will be transferred to and reside on boot media, either
built on to the board or attachable to the board. The process of placing
the operating system on the boot media is termed flashing. Given this
process, it is obvious that another computer system will be needed to
flash the image on to the boot media, before the C2 can boot up.
that will be attached to it through an appropriate receptacles on the
board. If you refer to the annotated board image, you can see that the
C2 supports two boot media types: microSD card or an eMMC mod-
ule. They can be obtained from Hardkernel directly, either with Linux
or Android, pre-installed. If you purchased one such device and if it
has a factory-installed image, you can skip the flashing steps in this
section and proceed to the next section.

Boot Media

microSD/microSDHC card
• Slower, less longevity
• 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
• Linux, Android
• Requires USB SD card reader/writer
16GB Linux MicroSD card and USB reader/writer
eMMC version 5.0 module
• Faster, more longevity
• 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB
• Linux, Android
• Requires eMMC/micro-USB adapter
• Requires USB reader/writer
16GB Linux eMMC and adapter
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ODROID C2 USER MANUAL
All SBCs require an operating system (OS) for booting. The op-
The flexible C2 design allows you to use a boot media device
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