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Flash Demo Image

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Update UEFI firmware​

When JetPack version is changed, you also need to update UEFI firmware.
If UEFI firmware and system image are not matched, device can't boot up.
Please refer Update UEFI firmware from demo image

Prerequisites​

For flash requirement, use a native x86-64 Ubuntu 24.04 host. Avoid flashing from a virtual machine, container, WSL environment, or through an external USB hub. Connect device to USB slot on host PC directly.

On an Ubuntu 24.04 desktop host, disable automatic mounting of removable media before flashing. The Orin flashing flow exposes storage over USB, and desktop automount can interfere with it:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount false
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.media-handling automount-open false

Flash demo images steps​

Prepare demo images​

Download TechNexion prebuilts demo image, or follow this guide to compile your demo image.

TechNexion prebuilt demo images:​

ProductDemo image
TEK7000-ORIN-NXNVMe TEK7000-ORIN-NX_JP7_yocto6.0_hdmi_NVMe.tegraflash-tar.zst
USB TEK7000-ORIN-NX_JP7_yocto6.0_hdmi_USB.tegraflash-tar.zst
TEK7000-ORIN-NANONVMe TEK7000-ORIN-NANO_JP7_yocto6.0_hdmi_NVMe.tegraflash-tar.zst
USB TEK7000-ORIN-NANO_JP7_yocto6.0_hdmi_USB.tegraflash-tar.zst

Decide where the storage.


Flash in NVMe on TEK-ORIN device​

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Use a fresh empty directory if you unpack more than one target so the contents don’t mix.
Clean files in flash directory:

cd ~/jetson-flash
rm -rf ./* ./.*

1. Unpack the NVMe flash tarball​

Make an empty directory, and unpack *_NVMe.tegraflash-tar.zst file.

mkdir -p ~/jetson-flash && cd ~/jetson-flash
rm -rf ./* ./.*
tar xf *_NVMe.tegraflash-tar.zst

2. Put the device in recovery mode​

Put the device in recovery mode when using initrd-flash:

  1. Connect to computer via M-USB1.
  2. Plug the storage you want to flash system image.
  3. Press 'Recovery' button and 'Reset' button at the same time.
  4. Release 'Reset' button.
  5. Release 'Recovery' button.
  6. Check wether the device is connected. 
    $ lsusb -d 0955:
    Bus 001 Device 040: ID 0955:7323 NVIDIA Corp. T234 [Orin NX 16GB] recovery mode

3. Run flash cmd​

Flash all images, include update uefi firmware.​

sudo ./initrd-flash

Only flash qspi.​

sudo ./initrd-flash --qspi-only

Only flash NVME storage on device.​

sudo ./initrd-flash --external-only

Flash in USB storage​

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The USB storage devices have preferably 64GB or more.

1. Unpack the USB flash tarball​

Make an empty directory, and unpack *_USB.tegraflash-tar.zst file.

mkdir -p ~/jetson-flash && cd ~/jetson-flash
rm -rf ./* ./.*
tar xf *_USB.tegraflash-tar.zst

2. Get USB block device​

Plug-in USB storage on host machine, and find USB storage block device.

lsblk -d

The output example as sdc:

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sdc      8:32   1  58.4G  0 disk

3. Run flash cmd​

Flash demo image via doexternal.sh

sudo ./doexternal.sh /dev/sdc -y
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Be absolutely sure that the block device name you specify is correct! Do not accidentally erase/overwrite filesystems on your host system!