[AIOT] Flash OS Image by Ubuntu for PE1000N

1. Recovery Mode

1. System Requirement

• Linux Host Computer (x86 Ubuntu 18.04 and above)

• Micro USB cable

2. Enter Force Recovery Mode

For PE1000N Box, the Flash Port is number ❸, and the Force Recovery Button is number ❺.

 

 

 

Please perform the following steps to force the PE1000N to enter force recovery mode:

[PE1000N]

  1. Power off the PE1000N and remove the power cable.
  2. Connect Host Computer and PE1000N Flash Port (number ❸) with Micro USB cable.
  3. Press and hold the Force Recovery Button (number ❺).
  4. Connect the power cable and Power ON the PE1000N.
  5. After 3s release the Force Recovery Button.

[Host Computer]

Make sure PE1000N is entered to force recovery mode, type command ‘lsusb’, you can see: “NVidia Corp”, it means PE1000N is in force recovery mode.

1.2 Flash Image

[Host Computer]

1. Extract BSP file on Host Computer.

BSP file example :

System

File Name

PE1000N NanoPE1000N Nano JetPack x.x.x Image Vx.x.x
PE1000N TX2 NXPE1000N TX2 NX JetPack x.x.x Image Vx.x.x
PE1000N Xavier NXPE1000N Xavier NX JetPack x.x.x Image Vx.x.x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.sudo tar emmc-nx-PE1000N-1.0.0-official-202206270615.tbz2
2.cd emmc-nx-PE1000N-1.0.0-official-202206270615
3.sudo ./nvmflash.sh –showlogs
 

2. Flashing the image takes around 10 minutes.

For kernel 5.10, please use these commands to flash:

  • To flash the eMMC:
 sudo tar -xvf xxxxx.tar.gz
    cd mfi_PE1000N-nx
    sudo /etc/init.d/ds_agent stop
    sudo ./tools/kernel_flash/l4t_initrd_flash.sh --erase-all --flash-only --massflash 2 --showlogs PE1000N-nx mmcblk0p1
 

[PE1000N]

After 10 minutes, PE1000N will auto reboot.

 

NOTE :

  1. Do not use a USB Hub between Host Computer and PE1000N.
  2. You can know the process of flashing image from “emmc-nx-PE1000N-0.0.5-official-202201031710\mfilogs\log”.