Create A Burning Card From Command Line

This guide contains step-by-step instructions to create a Burning Card for Linux users. You may also use this Windows Guide(VIM1/VIM2/VIM3) instead.

Note: The operation of VIM1, VIM2 and VIM3 is almost the same, so this document will take VIM1 as an example.

Preparation:

• Build your own, or download (VIM1/VIM2/VIM3) the latest U-Boot file for SD-Cards.
• You may need to format the SD-Card Via FDisk (VIM1/VIM2/VIM3) if your SD-Card contains >1 partition.

Before You Start

If your SD-Card has >1 partition.

$ ls /dev/sdX*
/dev/sdX  /dev/sdX1  /dev/sdX2
$

You may have to delete the other partitions first:

fdisk /dev/sdX

Create the Burning SD-Card

Insert the SD-Card into your PC, and make sure the disk is unmounted:

$ umount /dev/sdX1

Format the SD-Card to FAT32:

$ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdX1

Note: Replace sdX the correct one on your PC.

Use dd to write the Bootloader/U-Boot to the first sector of SD-Card:

$ sudo dd if=u-boot.bin.sd.bin of=/dev/sdX conv=fsync,notrunc bs=1 count=444
$ sudo dd if=u-boot.bin.sd.bin of=/dev/sdX conv=fsync,notrunc bs=512 skip=1 seek=1

Notice: u-boot file u-boot.bin.sd.bin is build for SD, and u-boot.bin is for EMMC.

Copy the images to your SD-Card:
Insert the SD-Card in again, then run the following command:

$ cp -a aml_sdc_burn.ini Vim_Marshmallow_160928/update.img /media/gouwa/9CE9-3938/

Tip: aml_sdc_burn.ini is a configuration file for U-Boot to burn/download images into the onboard eMMC storage. You can found it here

Eject the SD-Card:

$ sudo eject /dev/sdX

Done!

Upgrade Using Your “Burning Card”

1. Insert your Burning Card into your VIM, and power-on.
2. Follow this guide(VIM1/VIM2/VIM3) to boot into Upgrade Mode.
3. Wait till the process completes.

Further Reading:

• Booting_Card Vs Burning Card(VIM1/VIM2/VIM3)