Do I require an Ubuntu 64 bit computer to flash my Jetson to the latest version? Can I use another Jetson TK1 to flash a Jetson TK1? Do I need Jetpack to do this? Do I understand this correctly that Jetpack installs both a programming environment for a desktop computer to program FOR the Jetson, (64 bit ubuntu, non jetson) as well as flashing a jetson tk1 to the latest image? Or will this not work because the Jetson TK1 is 32 bit?
Thanks for helping me clear this up.
A TK1 does not require Ubuntu for flash, nor does it require JetPack. JetPack is a collection of packages which can be installed manually…usually this would be more convenient, but not a show-stopper. This is a case of packaging formats since JetPack uses Ubuntu packaging. Individual tools are available for direct use without Ubuntu packaging.
The programs used in flash do in fact require an x86_64 desktop Linux, this is a binary executable file format issue (parts of flash are designed for x86_64 architecture), thus a Jetson cannot flash another Jetson. I would expect 32-bit Intel formats, ARMv7 32-bit, and ARMv8a 64-bit hosts to fail as a flash tool.
Ok so I do need another computer to upgrade my Jetsons from 19.2 to 21.4. I read that there is a ‘quick start guide’ but the guide’s link appears to be broken. You can find the link at the bottom of this page under ‘getting started’ > ‘quick start guide’
It links to here, but just redirects back to the above page.
https://developer.nvidia.com/get-started-jetson
Thanks again Linuxdev.
The individual L4T releases have the quick start guide, so for R21.4:
[url]https://developer.nvidia.com/linux-tegra-r214[/url]
The URL there points to:
[url]http://developer.download.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r21_Release_v4.0/l4t_quick_start_guide.txt[/url]