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Installing the System to M.2 or USB Drive

You can use a TF card to boot the eFlasher system, allowing the boot and system to be installed on different storage devices. However, since the CPU doesn’t support booting directly from M.2 and USB devices, the system can be installed on M.2 and USB devices, but the boot must still be installed on eMMC or a TF card.
Steps are as follows:

• Prepare a TF card with a capacity of 32GB or larger.
• Visit [the download link here](http://download.friendlyelec.com/BurnLinuxToExtDrive-Rockchip) to download the firmware file named XXXX-eflasher-multiple-os-YYYYMMDD-30g.img.gz (located in the “01_Official images/02_SD-to-eMMC images” directory).
• Flash the firmware to the TF card, connect the storage device you intend to use on {{{1}}}, insert the TF card and power on, we need to perform the operations in the eFlasher GUI. If your {{{1}}} does not have a display interface, you can use VNC; refer to Using VNC to Operate eFlasher.
• In the eFlasher GUI, select the OS to install, and in the OS settings interface, choose the destination for boot installation (typically eMMC), then choose the destination for system installation (options include eMMC, M.2 hard drive, USB storage, etc.), as shown below:

• If no eMMC is available, the TF card can serve as the boot by inserting another TF card into the USB port via a USB card reader and selecting it as the boot destination, enabling booting from the TF card with the system stored on the M.2 or USB drive.
• After flashing, eject the SD card from {{{1}}}. If booting from eMMC, {{{1}}} will automatically restart into the newly flashed system. If boot installation is on a TF card, power off, insert the boot TF card, and power on again.
• For a more detailed installation guide, please refer to this link.