ODROID-HC2

Micro SD Card Creation

Replace sdX in the following instructions with the device name for the SD card as it appears on your computer.

1. Zero the beginning of the SD card:

   dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M count=8

2. Start fdisk to partition the SD card:

   fdisk /dev/sdX

3. At the fdisk prompt, create the new partition:
   1. Type o. This will clear out any partitions on the drive.
   2. Type p to list partitions. There should be no partitions left.
   3. Type n, then p for primary, 1 for the first partition on the drive, 4096 for the first sector, and then press ENTER to accept the default last sector.
   4. Write the partition table and exit by typing w.
4. Create the ext4 filesystem:

   mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdX1

5. Mount the filesystem:

   mkdir root
   mount /dev/sdX1 root

6. Download and extract the root filesystem (as root, not via sudo):

   wget http://os.archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-odroid-xu3-latest.tar.gz
   bsdtar -xpf ArchLinuxARM-odroid-xu3-latest.tar.gz -C root

7. Flash the bootloader files:

   cd root/boot
   sh sd_fusing.sh /dev/sdX
   cd ../..

8. Unmount the partition:

   umount root

9. Insert the micro SD card into the HC2, connect ethernet, and apply 12V power.
10. Use the serial console or SSH to the IP address given to the board by your router.
    • Login as the default user alarm with the password alarm.
    • The default root password is root.
11. Initialize the pacman keyring and populate the Arch Linux ARM package signing keys:

    pacman-key --init
    pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm