Boot Process
• Change SW1 on the SOM board (700-
29163) to ON, OFF, OFF, ON (from bits
4-1) to boot from the MicroSD card,
as shown in Figure 2. After the board
images are programmed and the boot
switches are correctly configured, the
system is ready to run.
• Power on the EVK board.
• During the boot process, there will be
operating system status information
scrolling on the terminal window of the
PC (if connected).
• When the boot process is complete,
the Linux operating system (Yocto
Project) will be displayed via HDMI
connector.
• To work from the terminal window
on the host PC, press ‘Enter’ at the
terminal window to get the command
prompt. Account name: root,
password none. For details on running
FreeRTOS™ on ARM Cortex-M4 core,
please visit
www.nxp.com/iMXtools
.
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BOOT PROCESS FOR LINUX IMAGE
Figure 2. SW1 setting for internal boot mode
