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[[rock5 | ROCK 5]] > [[rock5/install | Installation]] > [[rock5/install/eMMC | Install the image to eMMC with USB to eMMC Reader]]

== Install the image to eMMC module with USB to eMMC Reader ==

This guide describes how to write images to eMMC module and erase eMMC module for ROCK 5 serial boards.

Available ROCK 5 boards:

* ROCK 5B

=== Part one: Write one system image to eMMC module ===

In part one let's focus on writing one system image to eMMC module. Here we test it with ROCK 5B board.

====Step one: Requirements ====

* ROCK 5B board with power supply
* one eMMC module, larger than 8GB
* one USB to eMMC reader
* one PC/laptop running Windows or Linux or MacOS

====Step two: Download necessary tools and image ====

* Etcher is the tool we use to write image. Download the right Etcher for your PC from [[rock5/downloads | ROCK 5 Downloads]] page and install it. Check [https://www.balena.io/etcher/ Etcher website] for more info about Etcher.
* Choose the image you want to install from [[rock5/downloads | ROCK 5 Downloads]] page.

Here we use the following image for writing.

rock-5b-debian-bullseye-xfce4-arm64-20220420-0439-gpt.img.xz

====Step three: Write the image to eMMC module ====

* Insert the eMMC module into USB to eMMC reader, which connects to host computer.

* Run the application. For example double click balenaEtcher-1.5.116-x64.AppImage on Ubuntu 20.04:

* In the etcher window, we click button Select image.

* In the etcher window, we click button Select Drive.

* In the etcher window, we click button Flash.

* In the etcher window, it shows us Flash Complete!

Done! Now you have successfully installed the OS image on eMMC module.

=== Part two: Erase eMMC module ===

When eMMC module is written with Android (or Linux) images before, now we change to Linux( or Android). It's recommended that you erase eMMC module first. Then write the target images.

=== Part three: Write U-Boot images to eMMC module ===

In part three let's take a look know to write U-Boot images to eMMC module.
We have prebuilt u-boot images built via rockchip-bsp SDK.
They're idbloader.img and u-boot.itb.

On Linux PC:

<pre>
$ sudo dd if=./idbloader.img of=/dev/sdX seek=64
$ sudo dd if=./u-boot.itb of=/dev/sdX seek=16384
</pre>

On Mac PC:

<pre>
% sudo dd if=./idbloader.img of=/dev/diskX seek=64
% sudo dd if=./u-boot.itb of=/dev/diskX seek=16384
</pre>

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-=== Part one: Write one system image to eMMC module ===
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 In part one let's focus on writing one system image to eMMC module. Here we test it with ROCK 5B board.
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 Done! Now you have successfully installed the OS image on eMMC module.
-=== Part two: Erase eMMC module ===
+=== Option 2: Erase eMMC module ===
 When eMMC module is written with Android (or Linux) images before, now we change to Linux( or Android). It's recommended that you erase eMMC module first. Then write the target images.
-=== Part three: Write U-Boot images to eMMC module ===
+=== Option 3: Write bootloader only to eMMC module ===
 In part three let's take a look know to write U-Boot images to eMMC module.

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 ====Step three: Write the image to eMMC module ====
 * Insert the eMMC module into USB to eMMC reader, which connects to host computer.
-* Run the application. For example double click balenaEtcher-1.5.116-x64.AppImage on Ubuntu 20.04:
+* Run the application. For example double click balenaEtcher-1.7.9-x64.AppImage on Ubuntu 20.04:
 * In the etcher window, we click button Select image.
 * In the etcher window, we click button Select Drive.
 * In the etcher window, we click button Flash.
 * In the etcher window, it shows us Flash Complete!
 Done! Now you have successfully installed the OS image on eMMC module.