Note: linaro-precise-alip-201204 is used for demonstration. After the system was written into SD card, the default Linux kernel version is 3.0. We'll upgrade it to 3.4.61 later on the Linux kernel porting section.

(Note: it's possible to install the ubuntu12.04 on virtual machine, however, some wired problems may occur when burning the image into the SD card)

format the SD card by using HPUSBDisk.exe

1. Insert the SD card to your computer, it will be detected and mounted under the /media/ directory. Enter the following command on the terminal to unmount all the devices:

2. Find out the SD card device name on your system, say, sdc or sdc1. We assume that the device name is sdc here.

3. Option 1:

Copy the sunxi-bsp to ubuntu system. Enter the sunxi-bsp folder, use the following commnad:

Option 2:

Download the source from the web, use the following command on ubuntu system:

4. When completed, insert the SD card into Cubieboard, power up the board to boot Linaro system. On the first startup, the video output is HDMI-to-VGA output, or serial port output. You can connect the Cubieboard to the monitor through an HDMI-to-VGA convertor, or use the serial port monitor to display the Cubieboard system terminal.