Creating MCIMX6Q-SBD Linux SD Card in Windows

[bramankp]

I've received a MCIMX6Q-SBD board and it includes an SD card that boots this thing to Android. I'd like to board to boot to Linux. I'm running Windows. I tried using MX6Q-SABRE_AI_UBUNTU_1.1.1.exe but it complains about the included SD card not having enough space. (Windows won't mount it, obvious, since it's a Linux file system.)

Is there a tool to make this easy? I can't imagine there wouldn't be but I am too new to know where to look.

[bramankp]

Ah, this thread finally did the trick ...

https://community.freescale.com/message/365329#365329

Need to unplug the SD card when it boots and then plug it back in after it is attached to the PC so it will be flashable.

[YixingKong]

Paul

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Thanks,

Yixing

[YixingKong]

Paul

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[bramankp]

So I'm gathering there is some configuration of dip switches to tell the board to boot into "flash-able" mode or something (instead of booting from the SD card)? I've been going through all the documentation I can find without any luck telling me how to configure this thing so I can use the manufacturing tool referenced above by SerchMX. Any further pointers?

[SergioSolis]

Yes, there is a tool to flash the SD:

http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX6Q&fpsp=1&tab=Design_Tools_Tab

Under "Hardware Development Tools" >> "Programmers" >> "IMX_6DQ_MFG_TOOL"

You can also find the user guide in the following link:

https://www.freescale.com/webapp/Download?colCode=L3.0.35_4.1.0_LINUX_MMDOCS&location=null&fasp=1&WT...

Best regards,
Sergio

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[bramankp]

That's all find and good but plugging the board into my Windows 7 PC it loads a driver and calls the device "SABRESD-MX6DQ". Launching the manufacturing tool it does not find the device to write the image to. Keeps saying "Unassigned" where the documentation says it should say something like "Hub 6--Port 3".