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'''Device ID'''
This is an Output example:
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user@laptop:~$ blkid -o list
device                                    fs_type        label            mount point                                    UUID
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/dev/sda1                                  ext4                            /                                              819c76f8-187f-46e9-b0c0-350032625bb3
/dev/sda3                                  ext4            data            /media/user/data                              571e7aea-202e-4daa-8071-a1fc1207f458
/dev/sda5                                  swap                            [SWAP]                                        4018cfb5-4201-4656-a005-4fe04d06dde1
/dev/sdb1                                  ext4            sdcard          (not mounted)                                  fe2353ea-7436-457e-9447-8e3f721b0c43
/dev/sdb2                       
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'''Considerations'''


Each device has numbers at the end, those numbers are related to partitions and they must not be specified to install the image.
Each device has numbers at the end, those numbers are related to partitions and they must not be specified to install the image.
As example, instead of /dev/'''sdb1''', use /dev/'''sdb'''.
As example, instead of /dev/'''sdb1''', use /dev/'''sdb'''.
Also, The device '''must be not mounted''' to successfully write the image.


=Installing=
=Installing=
Yocto supports several image formats, as example ext4, img, sdcard and wic.   
Yocto supports several image formats, as example ext4, img, sdcard and wic.   
Those files will be created in '''<Yocto_Dir>/build/tmp/deply/images/imx8mevk'''.


In old Yocto versions, the most common image type was sdcard, use '''dd''' with this image type.
In old Yocto versions, the most common image type was sdcard, use '''dd''' with this image type.
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