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Downloading SD Images

Check your hardware revision (Pro or Full/Lite), then download image "for SD card" from here

Writing SD image to SD card

Windows

See the readme in the individual image zip file for additional information on which tool to use.

Before beginning, you will need to prepare a high quality SD card of at least 8GB. A poor quality SD card will result in boot failures.

Download the Win32DiskImager from here.
Download the image from above link.
Use the Win32DiskImager to Write the image into SD card

Linux

We use dd in Linux to write the image:

   sudo dd if=radxa_rock_xxxx_sdcard.img of=/dev/sdx              # x is the disk name of your uSD card on your PC

Mac OS X

We use dd and Apple's diskutil utility to write the image:

Run diskutil list to determine the drive associated the SD card (ex: /dev/disk4)
Unmount the existing disk sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX where X is the disk name of your uSD card on your PC
Write the image file to the uSD card sudo dd if=radxa_rock_xxxx_sdcard.img of=/dev/diskX where X is the disk name of your uSD card on your PC

Booting to SD Card

Power off the Rock
Insert the SD card
Power on the Rock and it will boot to the SD card

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 SD images for the rock are images booting and running on the uSD card completely. This is good when you want to try different OS or new version of the firmware without touching the nand flash.
-== Download ==
+== Downloading SD Images==
 Check your [[Rock/hardware revision|hardware revision]] (Pro or Full/Lite), then download image '''"for SD card"''' from [[Rock/prebuilt images|here]]
-== Write SD image to SD card ==
+== Writing SD image to SD card ==
 === Windows ===
-There are two methods to write the image to sdcard. One is Use Win32DiskImager and another is Use tools(SD_Firmware_Tool) providered by rockchip.
+See the readme in the individual image zip file for additional information on which tool to use.
-And which should to be used ,please refer to the readme file contained in the image zip.
-Before beginning, we should prepare a high quality sdcard with a storage volume  large than  8GB, and a sdcard reader.
+Before beginning, you will need to prepare a high quality SD card of at least 8GB.  A poor quality SD card will result in boot failures.
-Note:Poor quality sdcard will result in the failure of boot.
-====Use Win32DiskImager ====
 * Download the Win32DiskImager from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/files/latest/download here].
 * Download the image from above link.
-* Use the Win32DiskImager to '''Write''' the image into sdcard
+* Use the Win32DiskImager to '''Write''' the image into SD card
 [[File:Win32DiskImager.png]]
-====Use SD_Firmware_Tool====
-)Download  SD_Firmware_Tool  from   http://dl.radxa.com/rock/tools/windows/SD_Firmware_Tool.zip
-)Unzip the file and Run the SD_Firmware_Tool.exe under SD_Firmware_Tool_v1.43 directory
-) Select the sdcard you will flash
-[[File:sd_flash_2.png]]
-)restore the sdcard first.
-[[File:sd_flash_3.png]]
-) Select "SD Boot "  and right firmware, then click "Create"  button
-[[File:sd_flash_4.png]]
-* Power off the rock, insert the sdcard, then power on, the rock is booting with the images on SD card.
 === Linux ===
 We use dd in Linux to write the image:
      sudo dd if=radxa_rock_xxxx_sdcard.img of=/dev/sdx              # x is the disk name of your uSD card on your PC
+=== Mac OS X ===
+We use dd and Apple's diskutil utility to write the image:
+#Run '''''diskutil list''''' to determine the drive associated the SD card (ex: /dev/disk4)
+#Unmount the existing disk '''''sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskX''''' where  X is the disk name of your uSD card on your PC
+#Write the image file to the uSD card '''''sudo dd if=radxa_rock_xxxx_sdcard.img of=/dev/diskX''''' where X is the disk name of your uSD card on your PC
+==Booting to SD Card==
+#Power off the Rock
+# Insert the SD card
+# Power on the Rock and it will boot to the SD card