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STEP-BY-STEP SETUP OF ROCK 5 MODEL B

STEP-BY-STEP SETUP OF ROCK 5 MODEL B

Hello everyone, in this article, we will learn how to complete the installation of Rock pi 5 by loading an imager onto an SD card.

Rock Pi is a device known as a single-board computer (SBC) that is produced by Radxa. Similar to a Raspberry Pi, Rock Pi is one of the development boards that have a range of impressive features despite its miniature size. Rock Pi models are generally known for featuring powerful ARM-based processors, expandable RAM, a slot for an eMMC module, one or more USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and HDMI outputs.



Only the Radxa Rock 5B 8GB comes out of the box.

First, let's talk about what an "imager" is and its function here. The "imager" is a tool that allows us to write an image of the operating system to an SD card or USB memory stick. We can use BalenaEtcher as the Image Writer. We will write the imager that we are going to download onto the SD card with BalenaEtcher, and the operating system will be installed on our Radxa Rock 5B device.
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Download Etcher

You can click on this link to download BalenaEtcher: https://etcher.balena.io/#download-etcher



You should choose the option suitable for your computer.

We download a Debian-based imager, and you can click on this link for that:

https://redirect.armbian.com/rock-5b/Jammy_legacy_gnome

After the download process is completed, we need to place our SD card into the SD card reader. There is a very important point to pay attention to here. We should have placed the SD card in the slot before connecting the SD card reader to the computer. The SD card should not be inserted or removed in case of power flow.

Now we open BalenaEtcher:

We click on "Flash from file". Then we select the imager we loaded:

Then we click on "Select Target" and select our SD card:

Then we click on "Flash!" and the installation process starts.



After the installation is completed, we remove the SD card and place it in the SD card slot on Radxa 5B. We need to do this before other connections because as mentioned before, there should be no power flow when inserting the SD card. Then we connect the Radxa 5B to a monitor via an HDMI cable, and then we connect the mouse and keyboard to the Radxa 5B as well. We also need an adapter to run it. The adapter provides power to run the device.

After making these connections, you will be asked to enter a password on the monitor. There is a default password for rock, you can change it later if you want, but the first login is with this password.
Deafult Password and Username
After entering the password, you can use your Radxa 5B like a computer:
Username:rock
Password:rock
You have completed the installation.

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