Insert the SD card into Pandaboard and apply power.

Now, sync the file system, unmount and remove the SD card: sync linux-firmware/ti-connectivity/* /media/rootfs/lib/firmware/ti-connectivityĪnd then edit the file: sudo gedit /media/rootfs/etc/network/interfacesĪnd add the below contents in it: auto wlan0 Sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/lib/firmware/ti-connectivity To setup the wifi, we have to first install some firmware: git clone git:///pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git To setup serial login on Ubuntu, we need to create a new file, /etc/init/nf: sudo gedit /media/rootfs/etc/init/nfĪnd put the below contents in it: start on stopped rc RUNLEVEL= Setup the file system table: sudo sh -c 'echo '/dev/mmcblk0p1 / auto errors=remount-ro 0 1' > /media/rootfs/etc/fstab' Setup Networking and Serial I/OĮdit the file /etc/network/interfaces: sudo gedit /media/rootfs/etc/network/interfaces Now test to ensure installation is done properly: $ -C /media/rootfs/

Install the 32-bit library prerequisites: sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libncurses5:i386 zlib1g:i386 If you prefer doing it the hard way, read on… Download the Build Tools Sudo dd if=ubuntu_14.04_lxde_panda.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M If you prefer just get a pre-built image, download the image from here, and insert a 8 GB SD card, make sure it is unmounted, and apply the following command: tar zxvf ubuntu_14.04_lxde_ Once these steps are done, boot the Pandaboard from the SD card, and then perform some additional sudo apt-get install steps to upgrade to the LXDE desktop.

Install Kernel and Root File System on the SD Card.

Download the Root file system (Ubuntu 14.04.1).

Download and build the boot-loader (U-Boot).

The procedure basically has these major parts: However, at the time of this writing, we weren’t able to find a pre-built image for PandaBoard, so we followed a relatively complex but well documented procedure published by Robert Nelson. The PandaBoard is one of the platforms, so upgrading it from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 is a must. Deployment of ROS Indigo requires all Ubuntu platforms tied to ROS Indigo run Ubuntu 14.04.

Download ubuntu 14.04 image