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</literallayout>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Write the Image:</emphasis>
- You can write the image to a USB key, SATA drive, or SD
- card by using the <filename>mkefidisk.sh</filename> script,
- which is included in the <filename>poky</filename>
- repository at
- <filename>scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh</filename>:
+ You can write the image just built to a bootable media
+ (e.g. a USB key, SATA drive, SD card, etc.) using the
+ <filename>dd</filename> utility:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
- $ sudo $HOME/source/poky/scripts/contrib/mkefidisk.sh <replaceable>HOST_DEVICE</replaceable> \
- tmp/deploy/images/intel-corei7-64/core-image-base-intel-corei7-64.hddimg <replaceable>TARGET_DEVICE</replaceable>
+ $ sudo dd if=tmp/deploy/images/intel-corei7-64/core-image-minimal-intel-corei7-64.wic of=TARGET_DEVICE
</literallayout>
- In the previous command,
- <replaceable>HOST_DEVICE</replaceable> is the device node
- on the build host (e.g. <filename>/dev/sdc</filename> or
- <filename>/dev/mmcblk0</filename>).
- <replaceable>TARGET_DEVICE</replaceable> is the name of the
- device as the MinnowBoard MAX sees it (e.g.
- <filename>/dev/sda</filename> or
- <filename>/dev/mmcblk0</filename>).
+ In the previous command, the
+ <filename>TARGET_DEVICE</filename> is the device node in
+ the host machine (e.g. <filename>/dev/sdc</filename>, which
+ is most likely a USB stick, or
+ <filename>/dev/mmcblk0</filename>, which is most likely an
+ SD card.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Boot the Hardware:</emphasis>
With the boot device provisioned, you can insert the