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SDCreate
Overview
Introduction
SDCreate is a utility designed to help people with the task of installing RISC OS ROM images onto SD cards, for use with the OMAP3 and OMAP4 ports of RISC OS. If you attempt to create an SD card manually then there are many places where things can go wrong, either due to user error or operating system quirks. But if you use SDCreate to create the image for you then you can (almost) guarantee that it will boot without any trouble.
Requirements
Using SDCreate
Images can be created on almost any RISC OS computer with >32MB of spare disc space. You will need at least version 1.28 of the FrontEnd module and version 1.52 of DDEUtils. Up-to-date versions of these modules can be found in the !System archive available to download from this page
If you want to use SDCreate to write the image to an SD card, then you’ll need to be using a RISC OS 5 machine with a USB card reader and the USB mass storage drivers (SCSISoftUSB).
Alternatively, you can copy the SD card image to a Windows/Linux/Mac/etc. PC and write the image to an SD card using any number of the free utilities that are available for those platforms.
Before you use SDCreate to create an SD card image, you may need to track down some extra files/software, as listed under Generic OMAP port setup information.
Utilities for other platforms
Images can be created on almost any RISC OS computer with >32MB of spare disc space. If you’re using a RISC OS 3 or RISC OS 4 computer, you will need at least version 1.28 of the FrontEnd module and version 1.52 of DDEUtils: up-to-date versions of these modules can be found in the System resources archive.
If you don’t want own to use SDCreate to write the image to an SD card, then you’ll need to be using a workingRISC OS OS 5 machine and with therefore can’t use SDCreate to create an SD card image, then consult the application !Help file for information as to what files SDCreate places into the images. This should allow you to create a working card manually.USB card reader and the USB mass storage drivers (SCSISoftUSB).
If Alternatively, you’ve you created can an copy the SD card image file using SDCreate, but can’t use SDCreate itself to a Windows/Linux/Mac/etc. PC and write the image to a an card, SD card then using you any can number use one of the following free Windows/Linux/Mac utilities to that write are the available image for you: those platforms (see below).
- Windows – Win32DiskImager
- Just make sure the file has a
.imgextension for Win32DiskImager to find it
- Just make sure the file has a
- Linux – UNetbootin
- Or if you’re feeling adventurous, just use
dd
- Or if you’re feeling adventurous, just use
- Mac – MeeGo
- I’m not aware of any user-friendly utilities to do this on a Mac OS X machine, but the above instructions for writing a MeeGo Linux disc image onto a USB drive can easily be adapted for writing the SD card images created by SDCreate.
For further usage and technical information, consult the application !Help file.
Utilities for other platforms
If you don’t own a working RISC OS machine and therefore can’t use SDCreate to create an SD card image, then consult the application !Help file for information as to what files SDCreate places into the images. This should allow you to create a working card manually.
If you’ve created an image file using SDCreate, but can’t use SDCreate itself to write the image to a card, then you can use one of the following Windows/Mac/Linux utilities to write the image for you:
- Win32DiskImager (Windows only)
- Just make sure the file has a
.imgextension for Win32DiskImager to find it
- Just make sure the file has a
- UNetbootbin (Windows/Mac/Linux)
- Etcher (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Issues
If you are experiencing problems with this software, first check to see if a ticket has been raised on the Bug tracker page. You may also want to visit the Bugs forum.
If you have a general query related to the software, you can enquire on the Community Support forum.
History of the component
To view the release history for versions available on the ROOL web site, visit the GitLab Commits page (releases are “tagged” with the version number).
Obtaining the software
This software is usually supplied with OMAP3 OMAP4 and iMX6 ROM builds.
To obtain the source code, visit the GitLab source page.
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