Fly Gemini V3 M2WE write OS to eMMC

Fly Gemini V3 M2WE

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Copy the SD card files to the M2WE flash storage.

Warning: This process will completly overwrite the M2WE eMMC with the contents of the SD card. Be sure to back up any files you wish to save before proceeding.

Note: The M2WE comes with the FlyOS and WiFI driver pre-installed. You only need to perform the following tasks if you want to return to the original base OS configuration.

Note: The following instructions require that you have already performed the initial setup procedure.

Prepare an SD card as directed in the section Preparing the SD Card
Insert the SD card into the SBC SD card slot.

Note: The Fly Gemini V3 and Fly Pi with the M2WE module installed will boot to the SD card instead of the M2WE if one is inserted in the SBC SD Card slot.

Locations of the SD card slots for the SBC and MCU.

Power on the Fly-Gemini V3 and wait a minute for the OS to boot. You may notice the status light on the M2WE module blinking.
Using a terminal program like putty SSH to the Fly-Gemini V3 and log on.
Execute the following command, you may be prompted to enter a password, enter “mellow” and press Enter.

sudo nand-sata-install

Press the Enter key after selecting Boot from eMMC - system on eMMC.

Note: If you don’t see the 2 Boot from eMMC option your system has not booted from the SD card. Verify your SD card was prepared properly and is inserted in the correct SD card slot.

When it this screen appears ‘This script will erase your eMMC. Continue?’, Select ‘yes’ and Press the Enter key

Select 'yes' and Press the Enter key.
Select file system type ‘ext4’, select ‘yes’ and and press the Enter key.

Select file system type 'ext4' .

Note: If the progress bar does not appear after waiting for 2 minutes, press CTRL+C to terminate the operation, then restart the device and try again

Progress bar

Warning: Do not power off or perform other operations during system migration until the migration is complete.
After the migration is complete, select ‘power off’ and press the Enter key. Wait for the device to completely shut down.

press the Enter key and wait for the device to completely shut down.
After the Fly-Gemini V3 shuts down, remove the SD card, and turn on the power again. The Fly-Gemini V3 should now boot from M2WE eMMC.

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