Boot EWAOL#

Overview#

You need to use SSD enclosure case to flash yocto image to M.2 SSD directly.

Flash yocto image#

Remove M.2 SSD from AVA platform and flash yocto image to it directly.

Remove M.2 SSD from AVA platform.
Install M.2 SSD into a M.2 enclosure case.
Plug it into your host machine.

Then, show available block devices.

lsblk -p
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
...
/dev/sdb       8:0   0 119.2G  0 disk
├─sdb1         8:1   0   512M  0 part
├─sdb2         8:2   0     1G  0 part /media/foo/7d00c690-db24-462d-8c8d-dce7bdf151d8
└─sdb3         8:3   0 117.8G  0 part

Flush yocto image to M.2 SSD.

For example

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap build/tmp_baremetal/deploy/images/ava/ewaol-baremetal-image-ava.wic.bmap build/tmp_baremetal/deploy/images/ava/ewaol-baremetal-image-ava.wic.gz  /dev/sdb

Extend rootfs partition#

You have to extend rootfs partition. Follow the instructions Extend rootfs partition

Reinstall SSD#

Remove M.2 SSD from enclosure case and install it into AVA platform, then turn it on.
The following screen comes up, then login as root without password.
```
EWAOL (Edge Workload Abstraction and Orchestration Layer) v1.0 ava -
ava login:
```
You are able to access via SSH.