Problems installing OS image on AGX Thor

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson Systems Jetson Thor
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I created an image on USB drive with Balena and jetsoninstaller-r39.2.0-2026-06-01-23-53-13-arm64.iso file. I have these issues:

  1. I can’t find hashes for this file to verify file integrity
  2. My USB drive is not detected in USB-C port 5a, but detected in USB-A port. My drive is a SAMSUNG MUF-64AB/AM FIT Plus 64GB.
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I don’t know that following is fully equivalent to fresh flash, but it worked for me to update to Jetpack 7.2

Edited /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/common r39.2 main
deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/som r39.2 main
deb https://repo.download.nvidia.com/jetson/ffmpeg r39.2 main

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

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I was installing on a new hardware with blank NVMe. I completed the installation successfully. My post is about pain points I encountered. They can be resolved by:

  1. Publishing the hashes for OS image file.
  2. Updating Quick Start Guide — Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit - User Guide page, which contains wrong instructions.
5

Hi,

Could you let me know which instructions were incorrect? If they’re confusing users, we should fix them.

Thanks

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Quick Start Guide instructs to:

“Attach the bootable installation USB stick (that you created using Etcher on the PC) either on the USB Type-A port or on the USB-C port of Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit.”

USB stick is recognized only in USB-A port not in USB-C port as I wrote in my post above.

7

Hi,

It looks like your USB stick is a native Type-A drive. Are you using a Type-A-to-Type-C adapter to plug it into the USB-C port?

Thanks

8

Of course. How else would I be able to plug it into USB-C port?

11

Hi,

We have confirmed that our native USB-C USB drive can be detected by AGX Thor; however, there are currently issues when using a USB-C ISO USB. We will investigate this further with our internal team.

In the meantime, please use a USB-A USB drive to flash the ISO image in USB-A port.

Thanks

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Please change the wording of Quick Start Guide until the issue is resolved. I wasted some time trying to install from USB-C.

15

Hi,

Update: For anyone installing the ISO via a Type‑C USB drive, please connect it to the J82 port. The J81 port is currently experiencing issues.

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Thanks