Create WAM PC/104 CF Card Image

These instructions are intended to be used on an external PC running Ubuntu.

* All customers will need a CF to USB adapter for creating/upgrading the CF card:

​ CF -> USB

* WAM Serial Numbers >= 67 are eligible for this OS upgrade without any changes to the current PC/104.

* WAM Serial Numbers >= 37 are eligible for this OS upgrade with PC/104 upgrades to the CF Card and RAM.

The installation requires an 8GB SLC-flash CF Card Barrett Technology uses the following:
​ 8GB SLC-flash CF Card
The installation requires 1GB RAM
Barrett Technology uses the following:
​ PC/104 1GB RAM

Install Barrett Provided CF Image

On an External Ubuntu PC
Install fsarchiver

sudo apt-get install fsarchiver

Insert CF Card and adapter into your PC. Close all pop-ups showing contents of CF card.

We have created scripts to automate the creation of the CF Images.

Ubuntu 12.04 - Latest Supported Release

wget http://web.barrett.com/support/WAM_Installer/cf_install_1204.sh

#Run the script
bash cf_install_1204.sh

Follow the on-screen instructions to create the Ubuntu Xenomai 12.04 CF Card.

With the power off, insert the new CF image into the WAM's PC/104. Boot the WAM with the new OS.

You should now be able to SSH into the WAMs PC/104. Note: You may need to remove your ~/.ssh/known_hosts file as the ssh_key will be different.

On the 12.04 CF Image home directory is a file - install_software.sh. This file will install the latest libbarrett and btclient software.

bash install_software.sh

Ubuntu 9.10 - Previous Supported Release

wget http://web.barrett.com/support/WAM_Installer/cf_install_910.sh

#Run the script
bash cf_install_910.sh

Follow the on-screen instructions to create the Ubuntu Xenomai 9.10 CF Card.

With the power off, insert the new CF image into the WAM's PC/104. Boot the WAM with the new OS.

You should now be able to SSH as was done previously. Note: You may need to remove your ~/.ssh/known_hosts file as the ssh_key will be different.