1 Overview

Introduces the background and scope of application of exporting images on devices.

  • Background
  • Scope

1.1 Background

This guide describes how to use the tool to quickly export an image of a device when some users need to back up a system image or want to export an image to install on another device.

1.1 Scope

This application applies to product models including ED-IPC series, ED-HMI series and ED-CM4SEN.

2 Application guide

It introduces the operation procedure for image export on the device.

2.1 Mirror exporting

Prerequisites:

  • A working device has been acquired.
  • A mouse, keyboard, and power adapter have been acquired.
  • The device has been connected to a working network.

Procedures: 1.

  1. Connect the adapter to power up the device, start the device normally, and connect the mouse and keyboard.
  2. Install the Image Export Tool by executing the following command in the Terminal command pane.
git clone https://github.com/edatec/RonR-RPi-image-utils.git
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  1. Execute the following command to move the folder to "/mnt".
sudo mv /home/pi/RonR-RPi-image-utils /mnt
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  1. Execute the following command to enter the RonR-RPi-image-utils folder
cd /mnt/RonR-RPi-image-utils/
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  1. Execute the following command to add permissions to the program.
sudo chmod +x image-backup
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  1. Execute the following command to start exporting the image
sudo ./image-backup
  1. After "Image file to create?", enter the path and the name of the image to be exported, and then press "Enter" to confirm.

如：/mnt/2024-06-06-ed-hmi-3020_101c_rapios-bookworm-arm64.img

  • Path: Can only export to "/mnt" or "/media" folder.

WARNING

If memory space is insufficient, please install SD card or SSD hard disk and mount it to "/mnt" or "/media" directory!

  • Mirror name: the file type needs to be ".img", the name can be customized
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  1. After the message, press "Enter" to confirm.
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  1. After the message, press "Enter" to confirm.
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  1. Type "y" and press "Enter" to confirm and start creating the image.
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  1. Wait 3-5 minutes for the image export to complete.
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  1. Execute the following command to view the results of the image export.
ls /mnt/

As shown in the following figure, it indicates that the image is exported successfully.

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