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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 =====	 
   * Any Linux environment, we want sfdisk, dd, wget commands	 
   * An SD Card(at least 2GB)	 
		 
===== 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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