Burning System

Notice

• M2WE is pre-flashed with FLYOS when it leaves the factory
• If you need to reflash, please refer to the tutorial below

Beginner's Operation Guide for Host Computer

Beginner's Operation Guide for Host Computer

System Burning Preparation

• Card reader
• One TF card, the capacity must be no less than 16GB or no more than 128GB, and the transfer speed of the TF card must be class10 or above
• Download the corresponding system image
• Download the required burning tool

System Burning

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M2WE supports three modes, I recommend using TF card migration to M2WE and burning to M2WE through M2SD Burner

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• If the machine is installed with M2WE and a memory card, the system defaults to boot from the memory card
• It is recommended to use TF card to flash the system for M2WE, burning to M2W through USB may fail due to driver compatibility and other reasons, it is recommended to directly use burning memory card to M2WE
• Please note whether the downloaded system image corresponds, if it does not correspond, it cannot be started

Burning to M2WE through TF card

Flashing to M2WE via TF Card

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System migration can completely transfer the image on the TF card to the M2WE, and after the migration is completed, the contents in M2WE remain consistent with those on the original TF card.

• After installing M2WE, power it on and boot
• Please first connect to SSH using a serial port by clicking here
• Execute the following command; you may be prompted to enter a password. Input the password mellow and press Enter (note that the password is invisible)

sudo nand-sata-install

• Select the option Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC and press Enter (generally the default option is selected, so just press Enter directly)

• When prompted with This script will erase your eMMC. Continue?, select Yes and press Enter (generally the default option is selected, so just press Enter directly)

• Select the file system type as ext4 and press Enter (generally the default option is selected, so just press Enter directly)

• Be patient until the progress bar appears (if no progress bar appears within 2 minutes, please press CTRL+C to terminate the operation, then restart the device and try again)

• During the system migration process, do not disconnect power or perform other operations until the migration is complete
• After the migration is complete, press Enter directly, and wait for the device to fully shut down

• After shutdown, remove the TF card, power on again, and the system can now boot from the eMMC

Burning to M2WE through USB

Flashing to M2WE via USB

Preparation

Preparation

• First install the software SDFormatter and Rufus Formatting Tool
• Download M2WE BOOT driver
• Extract the system files, after extraction the file name will have a .img extension
• It is not recommended to use balenaEtcher or Raspberry Pi for system flashing
• Install M2WE onto M2SD and then plug M2SD into the computer's USB port
• If there are any data on M2WE, please back them up

Installing the Driver

• Open the Zadig software
• Except for the first Zadig which does not need to be installed and can run directly, the other two need to be installed. Just click Next or Next during the installation process
• Open Zadig, check List All Devices in the top menu bar Options

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Ensure that the device is connected to the computer while holding down the button

• After installing M2WE, press and hold the BOOT key and connect the dual-head USB to the computer

FLY-C8

• FLY-C8 port

FLY-Pi v2

• FLY-Pi v2 port

FLY-Pi(π)

• FLY-Pi port

FLY-Gemini

• FLY-Gemini port

• Open zadig

• If everything is normal, an additional Unknown Device #x or USB Device(VID_1f3a_PID_efe8) will appear in zadig, select it

• After selecting the device, check if the USB ID matches the one in the above picture. If not, please reselect another device
• The second place in the above picture can only select WinUSB(vxxxxxxx), the version number doesn't matter
• Click Install Driver to install the driver

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• USB driver installation successful (the driver only needs to be installed once, if you burn again later, you don't need to reinstall the driver)
• Open the installed FLY-BOOT, click Check Device
• If all the previous steps are correct, it will prompt that an available device is found
• Click Start BOOT, if normal, it will prompt that BOOT has been successfully enabled

Formatting M2WE

• Use the TFFormatter.exe software to format the BOOT disk

• Or use the built-in disk management in WIN to delete the partition, after deleting the partition, just create a new partition
• Now you can open File Explorer, a 14.5G U-disk (16G eMMC shows as 14.5G) will appear
• You can now use Win32diskimager to flash the system image, choose the drive letter of this 14.5G U-disk

Flashing to M2WE

Flashing the System

1. Open Rufus, select the device, and ensure that the displayed capacity of the selected device matches the capacity of the flashing card inserted into the computer.

   

2. Select the boot type. By default, select image file.

3. Choose the image file. Click the select button to the right of the boot type selection, and select the .img file after decompression.

4. After selecting the image file, the boot type selection will change to the filename of the image file.

   

5. Click the start button. If a pop-up window appears prompting to clear disk data, click OK.

   

6. After flashing is complete, the computer will emit a提示 sound, and the progress bar will display as Ready.

   

7. Do not rush to remove the flashing card after completion.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a U-drive or removable disk named FlyOS-Conf.

   

9. Open FlyOS-Conf. If the two files shown in the image below exist, it indicates that the flashing was successful.

   

10. Install the system card onto the motherboard.

Burning to M2WE through M2SD Burner

Install M2WE or SD Card to M2SD

Notice

• This product supports USB3.0
• This product does not support using TF and M2WE together
• After installing M2WE or SD card and connecting it to the computer USB port, you can format it
• Do not install NVME or other devices, otherwise it will cause device damage!!!

Install M2WE

Install TF

Preparation

• First install the software SDFormatter and Rufus Formatting Tool
• Extract the system, the file name after extraction should have a .img suffix
• It is not recommended to use balenaetcher or Raspberry Pi for system writing
• Install M2WE or SD card to M2SD, then plug M2SD into the computer USB interface
• If there are data on M2WE or TF card, please back up

Format Memory Card

• Use the TFFormatter.exe software to format
• Select the disk you want to format

• Or use the built-in disk management in WIN to delete partitions, and then re-establish partitions after deleting partitions.

Write System

Flashing the System

1. Open Rufus, select the device, and ensure that the displayed capacity of the selected device matches the capacity of the flashing card inserted into the computer.

   

2. Select the boot type. By default, select image file.

3. Choose the image file. Click the select button to the right of the boot type selection, and select the .img file after decompression.

4. After selecting the image file, the boot type selection will change to the filename of the image file.

   

5. Click the start button. If a pop-up window appears prompting to clear disk data, click OK.

   

6. After flashing is complete, the computer will emit a提示 sound, and the progress bar will display as Ready.

   

7. Do not rush to remove the flashing card after completion.

8. Open File Explorer and check if there is a U-drive or removable disk named FlyOS-Conf.

   

9. Open FlyOS-Conf. If the two files shown in the image below exist, it indicates that the flashing was successful.

   

10. Install the system card onto the motherboard.

System Configuration

FLYOS_Env Usage

Tip

• Starting from system version 3.3.4, you can directly use FLY-TOOLS for system configuration without entering boot to modify configurations.
• Please note that older systems do not support direct use of FLY-TOOLS for configuration.
• Tutorial for Using FLY_TOOLS

WIFI Configuration Instructions

Notice

• The WIFI configuration method is complex and requires connecting to the host machine via serial port before performing WIFI connection.