[Deprecated] Upgrading Jetson AGX Orin to Ubuntu 22.04

Quick Start — NVIDIA Jetson Linux Developer Guide 1 documentationdocs.nvidia.com

Hardware connection

Connect to the host computer with the provided USB Type-C to Type A cable using the port near the 40 pin header.

Connect power cable as the last step.

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Download the system image

download these two files on the host system

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Install dependencies

sudo apt install qemu-user-static netcat-openbsd

tar xf ~/Downloads/Jetson_Linux_R36.4.0_aarch64.tbz2
sudo tar xpf ~/Downloads/Tegra_Linux_Sample-Root-Filesystem_R36.4.0_aarch64.tbz2 -C ~/Downloads/Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
cd ~/Downloads/Linux_for_Tegra/
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh

Set the device to force recovery mode

Press and hold the recovery button (middle one), click the power button (left one), and then release the recovery button

Alternatively, hold down the recovery button, and plug in the power cable. To ensure this is effective, also press and release the power button while still holding the recovery button.

Confirm the device is in force recovery mode

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lsusb

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To flash onto the eMMC drive, do

sudo ./flash.sh jetson-agx-orin-devkit internal

After flashing, it will automatically reset the device and boot it up.