OLIMEX© 2019
A64-OLinuXino quick start
1.2.3.
Download the archive with the latest official image from the board's web-page to your computer.
Extract the archive and download the image to the microSD card via the microSD card reader/writer. Make
sure to back-up any files located on the microSD card since download the image to it, would destroy any
data. There are a lot of software tools that can be used for downloading the image to the card. If you have no
experience under Windows use “Win32 Disk Imager” tool – point to the image and select the drive
associated with the card, then click Write. Refer to the picture:
1.2.4.
Connect the input and output peripherals to the board. Insert the microSD card. Connect display to the
HDMI of the board. Connect the keyboard and the mouse to the USB ports. Connect LAN cable if you have
available. Do not connect the power supply until rest of the hardware had been already connected. The
general layout that we aim for is listed below:
1.2.5
Power the display and apply the power supply to the board. The graphical user interface should start
automatically. By default the super user name is “root” the password is “olimex”.
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