diff --git a/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/ch11.rst b/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/ch11.rst index 53b6c12ebfa587fdf9ff17914e042a45b21b38f2..8bd43ce6363ea896b0971f2b2d0f7efeb060c210 100644 --- a/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/ch11.rst +++ b/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/ch11.rst @@ -17,9 +17,24 @@ You can find all BeagleBone AI-64 hardware files `here <https://git.beagleboard. .. _software-updates: Software Updates -------------------------------------- +----------------- + +Follow instructions below to download the latest image onto your BeagleBone AI-64: + +1. Go to `BeagleBoard.org distro <https://www.beagleboard.org/distros>`_ page. +2. :ref:`filter-software-distribution-AI-64` from dropdown and download the image. + +.. _filter-software-distribution-AI-64: + +.. figure:: images/ch11/distros.png + :align: center + :alt: Filter Software Distributions for BeagleBone AI-64 + + Filter Software Distributions for BeagleBone AI-64 -You can download and flash the supported image onto your BeagleBone AI-64 from `this <https://debian.beagle.cc/images/bbai64-emmc-flasher-debian-11.2-xfce-arm64-2022-01-14-8gb.img.xz>`_ source. +.. tip:: + You can follow the :ref:`flash-latest-image` guide for more information on + flashing the downloaded image to your board. To see what SW revision is loaded into the eMMC check `/etc/dogtag`. It should look something like as shown below, diff --git a/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/images/ch11/distros.png b/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/images/ch11/distros.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5a3bba5952b502b7ee5f2a98e9b60788cc8e12f8 Binary files /dev/null and b/boards/beaglebone/ai-64/images/ch11/distros.png differ diff --git a/intro/support/getting-started.rst b/intro/support/getting-started.rst index a95affa96bb7f44f38d12b1235ac4142745a54df..0647a6f94fc4a535e23b2eaa9c4e85bb85930d4f 100644 --- a/intro/support/getting-started.rst +++ b/intro/support/getting-started.rst @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Getting Started Guide Beagles are tiny computers ideal for learning and prototyping with electronics. Read the step-by-step getting started tutorial below to begin developing with your Beagle in minutes. +.. _flash-latest-image: + Update board with latest software ************************************ @@ -15,13 +17,13 @@ but executing this step, the longest step, will ensure the rest will go as smoot Download the latest software image ============================================ -Download the latest Debian image from `beagleboard.org/latest-images <https://beagleboard.org/latest-images>`_. +Download the latest firmware image from `beagleboard.org distros <https://www.beagleboard.org/distros>`_ page. The "IoT" images provide more free disk space if you don't need to use a graphical user interface (GUI). .. NOTE:: Due to sizing necessities, this download may take 30 minutes or more. -The Debian distribution is provided for the boards. The file you download will have an .img.xz extension. +The Debian/Ubuntu distribution is provided for the boards. The file you download will have an .img.xz extension. This is a compressed sector-by-sector image of the SD card. |image0| @@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ To take things to the next level of detail, consider "Exploring BeagleBone" whic the missing software manual and utilize "Embedded Linux Primer" as a companion textbook to provide a strong base on embedded Linux suitable for working with any hardware that will run Linux. -.. |image0| image:: images/download-latestimage.png +.. |image0| image:: images/distros.png :width: 75.0% .. |image1| image:: images/download-etcher.png :width: 75.0% diff --git a/intro/support/images/distros.png b/intro/support/images/distros.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..534401f22577c9288626371e57d3f3d1719f162e Binary files /dev/null and b/intro/support/images/distros.png differ