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Altera_Forum
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11 years ago

eMMC OS bring-up: Best method to write SoC HPS image to embedded MMC memory

Hello! I'm sure this question was asked before, hence I'm sure someone can help me. I would like to know how to write a existing SoC HPS image (containing the OS, preloader, U-Boot and app...
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10 years ago

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Hi PR!

I don't know if this command can copy the image from your host over eth on the eMMC memory.

Sure, you can use the alt-boot-disk-util with a SD card but on a eMMC ??? not sure

the command should maybe look like this

alt-boot-disk-util -p preloader -b bootloader -a write ???disk_file??? (disk_file = /dev/fd/1 | ssh root@soc_module_ip 'cat>/dev/mmcblk')

do you mean something like this??

bye

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Oh.. my bad. didn't read clearly that you are not allowed to unplug as is fixed soldered. This is not supported even with quartus_hps command.