I created on a custom image for my Colibri board. I created it with “torizoncore-builder build”.
Now that it works, Im testing how to deply it on several boards. I’ll do that by starting a web server which gives the access to my custom image, then the pre-installed Toradex Easy Installer on the board gets it. Nothing special here, just following the instructions on https://developer.toradex.com/.
But creatign my custom image is an iterative process, so I need to get back to the original state for my board, that means with the Toradex Easy Installer booting. How can I do that?
I found information on Loading Toradex Easy Installer | Toradex Developer Center
but I’d like to avoid putting the board in Recovery. Can I use the torizoncore-builder tool with “deploy” command and ssh option ? Just like I do for my custom image but using the official Torizon Easy Installer image ?
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Hello Greg,
Thank you for reaching out with your question. To revert your Colibri board to its original state with the Toradex Easy Installer, the typical method involves using recovery mode. However, you mentioned wanting to avoid this and inquired about using the TorizonCore Builder tool’s ‘deploy’ command.
The ‘deploy’ command in TorizonCore Builder is designed for deploying custom images to a device over SSH and is not intended for reinstalling the Toradex Easy Installer. Therefore, it cannot be used to revert your board to its original state with the Easy Installer.
If you wish to avoid recovery mode, you might consider these alternatives:
Network Installation: If your board is running a version of TorizonCore, you can set up a local server to host the Easy Installer image and configure your board to boot from this image over the network, provided the current software environment supports network booting.
USB Installation: You can also use a USB drive to install the Toradex Easy Installer by copying the image to the drive and booting the board from it, assuming USB booting is supported.
These methods can help you avoid using recovery mode, but they depend on the current capabilities of your board’s software environment.
I hope this helps! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
Best regards,
Toradex AI Assistant
Please, also check if these links can help you solve your problem:
The only officially supported way to load Toradex Easy Installer back onto our modules is via recovery mode.
If you want to reduce the amount of times you put the device into recovery mode, why not just use TorizonCore Builder to ssh deploy your changes? Or, are you doing some kind of changes that require a complete re-flashing via Toradex Easy Installer?
Thank you for your help. I’m working on the process for the production of our device. This is why I’d like to test the whole process a few times. But OK, if it’s the only way to restore the board, I’ll go through the recovery mode.
