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Abstract

We may want to install lubuntu desktop/​server to SD card, here is a guide for you. This guide is for Linux platform only.

Prerequisites

Installation

Download Images

	 
  * u-boot	 
	 
  $wget http://​dl.cubieboard.org/​software/​a20-cubietruck/​lubuntu/​ct-lubuntu-card0-v1.00/​u-boot-sunxi-with-spl-ct-20131102.bin	 
	 
  * bootfs (partition 1)	 
	 
  $wget http://​dl.cubieboard.org/​software/​a20-cubietruck/​lubuntu/​ct-lubuntu-card0-v1.00/​desktop/​bootfs-part1.img.gz	 
	 
  * rootfs (partition 2)	 
	 
  $wget http://​dl.cubieboard.org/​software/​a20-cubietruck/​lubuntu/​ct-lubuntu-card0-v1.00/​desktop/​rootfs-part2.img.gz

Extract the Images

	 
  $gzip -d bootfs-part1.img.gz	 
  $gzip -d rootfs-part2.img.gz

Create Partitions on SD Card

	 
  sudo sfdisk --force --in-order -uS /dev/sdX <<EOF	 
  2048,​24576,​L	 
  ,,L	 
  EOF	 
	 
/dev/sdX is the block device of your SD Card

Write Images to SD Card

	 
  sudo dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl-ct-20131102.bin of=/dev/sdX bs=1024 seek=8	 
  sudo dd if=bootfs-part1.img of=/​dev/​sdX1 bs=1M	 
  sudo dd if=rootfs-part2.img of=/​dev/​sdX2 bs=1M	 
  sync

Notes

	 
  * This guide is suitable for the ct-lubuntu-card0-v1.00 desktop/​server images	 
	 
	 
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