Problem flashing Jetson Nano Jetpack 4.2

Folks I am having trouble flashing the Jetson nano
-With the SDK manager I get the next output:

20:26:12 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : Start to install 'Flash Jetson Nano'
20:26:13 DEBUG : Flash Jetson Nano : running command < cd '/home/luis/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_4.2_Linux_P3448' ; /opt/nvidia/sdkmanager/resources/app/output/installUtils/adapter -a='install' -c='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' -i='NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP' -v='32.1' -l='/home/luis/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_4.2_Linux_P3448' -L='/home/luis/.nvsdkm/logs/JetPack_4.2_Linux' -p='3689' -t='P3448-0000' -e='undefined' >
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : [ Disk Avail:4.56 GB ]
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : Using GenericInstaller to Install NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : enter working directory: /home/luis/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_4.2_Linux_P3448/Linux_for_Tegra
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : [ Component Install Started ]
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : current working directory is /home/luis/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_4.2_Linux_P3448/Linux_for_Tegra
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : exec_command [target]:
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : **********************
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : #!/bin/bash
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : set -e
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : sudo reboot forced-recovery
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : **********************
20:26:13 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : exec_command: scp -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no /tmp/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP.sh luis@192.168.55.1:~; ssh -t -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no luis@192.168.55.1 "~/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP.sh && rm -f ~/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP.sh"
20:26:34 ERROR : Flash Jetson Nano : lost connection
20:26:55 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : exit status 255
20:26:55 WARNING : Flash Jetson Nano : command scp -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no /tmp/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP.sh luis@192.168.55.1:~; ssh -t -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no luis@192.168.55.1 "~/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP.sh && rm -f ~/tmp_NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP.sh" finished with error, but ignored
20:26:55 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : exec_command: sleep 20
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : exec_command: sudo ./flash.sh jetson-nano-qspi-sd mmcblk0p1
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : ###############################################################################
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : # L4T BSP Information:
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : # R32 (release), REVISION: 1.0, GCID: 14531094, BOARD: t210ref, EABI: aarch64,
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : # DATE: Wed Mar 13 07:46:13 UTC 2019
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : ###############################################################################
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : Error: probing the target board failed.
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : Make sure the target board is connected through
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : USB port and is in recovery mode.
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : exit status 1
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : [ Component Install Finished with Error ]
20:27:15 ERROR : Flash Jetson Nano : NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP command sudo ./flash.sh jetson-nano-qspi-sd mmcblk0p1 finished with error
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano :
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : [ 12.00 KB used. Disk Avail: 4.56 GB ]
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : [ NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP Install took 1m3s ]
20:27:15 INFO : Flash Jetson Nano : command sudo ./flash.sh jetson-nano-qspi-sd mmcblk0p1 finished with error
20:27:15 ERROR : Flash Jetson Nano : command terminated with error
20:27:15 ERROR : Flash Jetson Nano : install 'Flash Jetson Nano' failure, command < cd '/home/luis/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_4.2_Linux_P3448' ; /opt/nvidia/sdkmanager/resources/app/output/installUtils/adapter -a='install' -c='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' -i='NV_L4T_FLASH_NANO_WITH_OS_IMAGE_COMP' -v='32.1' -l='/home/luis/nvidia/nvidia_sdk/JetPack_4.2_Linux_P3448' -L='/home/luis/.nvsdkm/logs/JetPack_4.2_Linux' -p='3689' -t='P3448-0000' -e='undefined' > terminated with error
20:27:16 INFO : Device Mode Host Setup in Target SDK : install 'Device Mode Host Setup in Target SDK' Skipped
20:27:16 INFO : DateTime Target Setup : install 'DateTime Target Setup' Skipped
20:27:16 INFO : CUDA Toolkit for L4T : install 'CUDA Toolkit for L4T' Skipped
20:27:16 INFO : cuDNN on Target : install 'cuDNN on Target' Skipped
20:27:17 INFO : TensorRT on Target : install 'TensorRT on Target' Skipped
20:27:17 INFO : OpenCV on Target : install 'OpenCV on Target' Skipped
20:27:17 INFO : VisionWorks on Target : install 'VisionWorks on Target' Skipped
20:27:17 INFO : Multimedia API : install 'Multimedia API' Skipped
20:27:19 INFO : All done!
FLASHING FAILED 
Review terminal tab for details. Resolve and RETRY.
 Installation of target SDK components was skipped
EXPORT LOGS

RETRY
FAILED ITEMS

STOP TRYING

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-With the command sudo ./flash.sh jetson-nano-qspi-sd mmcblk0p1 I get the next output:

###############################################################################
# L4T BSP Information:
# R32 (release), REVISION: 1.0, GCID: 14531094, BOARD: t210ref, EABI: aarch64, 
# DATE: Wed Mar 13 07:46:13 UTC 2019
###############################################################################
Error: probing the target board failed.
       Make sure the target board is connected through 
       USB port and is in recovery mode.

-With the command lsusb I get the next output:

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0955:7f21 NVidia Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0e0f:0008 VMware, Inc. 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0e0f:0002 VMware, Inc. Virtual USB Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0e0f:0003 VMware, Inc. Virtual Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Do you have a micro-sd card reader? You could flash it that way with etcher for example. In Linux, gnome-disks and dd also work but from what I understand don’t do verification passes like etcher (unless you do one manually on your own).

Hi jarosky,

Are you connect micro-usb to host via usb hub?
If yes, please try to connect usb port directly or try another usb port and usb cable.
Thanks!

If I want to use etcher. Where can I get the image from?
Thank you

I am not using a usb hub. I tried with different wires and ports and it doesnt work.
Thank you!

Here are the instructions and a list to the image (top of the page).

Does that image have the jetpack 4.2?

Yes, You can also download the image here but the download link is exactly the same. You simply download the zip, follow the instructions to use etcher to flash it onto a micro-sd card using a reader, then put that into the Nano and power it on.

Hi jarosky,

Are you using VM to flash JetPack-4.2?
We’re not support VM server.

You can reference this topic: [url]https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1051135/jetson-nano/sdkmanager-jetson-nano-flash-jetson-os-crashes-at-3-1-/post/5335114/#5335114[/url]

I was using a VM. I decided to flash the SDCARD directly and it worked.
Thank you!

I had the same problem “terminated with error”. Flashing aborted at 3% in manual and automatic mode. Python was missing in my case. The error was a few lines above and I haven’t seen it on the first view.

Solved problem on host machine with

sudo apt-get install python

It worked after that inside SDK