Size
85mm x 54mm
Starting the board for the first
time
ROCK Pi 4 can be started with eMMC or
μ
SD Card. Now, you are presented with two
options when installing your new operating system onto your ROCK Pi 4.
Prepare
•
When start system with eMMC
Insert eMMC Module into eMMC to
μ
SD card converter board. Insert the converter
board into
μ
SD Card Reader, which connects to host computer. The picture below
shows.
(add eMMC, eMMC to
μ
SD Module and
μ
SD Card Reader picture)
If you do not have an eMMC to
μ
SD card converter board, you can also first install a
linux system to a
μ
SD Card and then use the running
μ
SD System to install the desired
system to the eMMC card with the eMMC card already inserted into the Rock PI 4.
•
When start system with
μ
SD Card
Insert the
μ
SD Card into
μ
SD Card Reader, which connects to host computer. The
picture below shows.
(add
μ
SD Card and
μ
SD Card Reader picture)
Write Image
•
Download the flash tool, etcher, from
. Choose the right version for your host
operation system. Here we operate on host Ubuntu 16.04.
•
After unpacking the package, we run the tool by executing the command
$ ./etcher-etcher-electron-1.4.5-x86_64.AppImage
If you get an error message: "No polkit authentication agent found" you can try and start
it with sudo, but do know that this is running the tool as
root
.
•
In the etcher window, click
Select image
.
