EdgeSolutions JetPack Flashing Errors

There are some common errors that can occur during the flashing process. Here are some of the most common ones:

The flashing process was not successful

Bad USB cable

Sometimes, the NVIDIA SOMs are a bit picky about the quality of the USB cable. In case you get an error message related to the USB cable, make sure to get one of high quality and which is not too long (>=2m).

Try again with a different cable.

Device behaves strange after successful flashing

There are some errors which result in some strange behaviors, noticeable after starting the EdgeDevice. These behaviors can be:

  • The screen stays black

  • Some services are not starting (e.g. SSH)

  • Some commands don’t behave like they should

Often, this is an error coming from bad file permissions in the rootfs of the EdgeDevice. To prevent this, make sure, that:

  • The image provided by PCB Arts is extracted as root user or with sudo

  • There is enough disk space for extraction. (Check: after extraction, there is still space free)

  • Extract the archive in a linux file system, e.g. ext2/3/4. It will not work with common Windows file systems like NTFS or FAT32.

Make sure to not have any of the mentioned errors and try again.