|Babbage 2.5 Ubuntu Startup Guide
Because of an order from the United States International Trade Commission, BGA-packaged
product lines and part numbers indicated here currently are not available from Freescale for
import or sale in the United States prior to September 2010: i.MX51 Product Family
Babbage 2.5 Ubuntu Startup Guide
Introduction
This document shows the procedure to start up the Babbage 2.5 board. The board arrives
with a pre-flashed SD card that contains all the necessary images to launch Ubuntu. The
first section of the document shows the connection that need to be made and the quick
steps in order to get Ubuntu working.
In case the SD card requires to be flashed again, the second section of the documents
provides the detailed steps and requirement in order to make the Ubuntu launch possible.
The last section shows the known issues recognized so far.
I.
Boot verification section
Requirements
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An pre-flashed SD Card (Ultra II SanDisk SD card)
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8GB will be ideal although 4GB SD card will suffice
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Testing at Freescale has been done only with SanDisk SD Cards
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Serial interface
(in order to see redboot messages and change the boot script)
such as Hyperterminal in Windows or Minicom in Linux-based Systems.
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Cables and Connectors:
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DVI cable
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DB9 Serial Cable
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5V Power source
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USB mouse and USB keyboard
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Regular speaker or headphone if audio is desired
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Ethernet cable
Steps
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Move the SD card to the Babbage2 board on to the SD slot “P1” on the bottom of
the board.
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Make sure that the dip switch on the Babbage board is set to SW7=SW8=ON,
everything else OFF
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Connect a serial cable to the P5A1 port and on the PC host open a serial console,
(in windows could be Hyperteminal, in Linux could be minicom) set the terminal
to 115200, 8N1, no FlowControl
