SolarNode Android Mini PC Images

These images were created for the the Android Mini PC, based off the Minimal Debian Server image for the A10.

The image names are in the form [OS]-[hardware]-[SD size] and were created using dd similar to this:

dd if=/dev/sdb conv=sync,noerror bs=4k count=431434 
    |xz -9 >debian7-mk802+-2GB.img.xz

The hardware names are as follows:

• mk802+ - the 1GB RAM version of the mk802 Android Mini PC

How to copy images to SD card

To restore these onto a SD card, run the following command:

# Copy image to SD card located at /dev/sdb
xz -cd debian7-mk802+-2GB.img.xz |dd of=/dev/sdb bs=4k

# Sync to disk
sync

# Re-read the partition table
blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sdb

# Just to be sure, let's check the root filesystem
e2fsck -f /dev/sdb2

Network setup

The OS will attempt to get a network connection using the first available ethernet device, e.g. a USB ethernet dongle, and use DHCP to obtain an IP address, using the hostname solarnode. There is no video output configured unless noted otherwise. Once the computer has fully booted after turning it on (this can take several minutes) check your DHCP server to find what IP address was allocated.

Login user

The system contains a default user of solar with password solar. That user can use sudo to become the root user. You can access the computer via ssh only.

Base SolarNode framework

A base SolarNode framework has been installed in this image. Once the computer has fully booted and the SolarNode framework has started (this can take several minutes after the OS has booted and ssh is available) you can visit

http://solarnode:8080/setup

where solarnode is the IP address of the device, if your DNS server does not support using the solarnode hostname.