To burn image files, perform the following steps:
1 Start the HiBurn, as shown in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 Burning image files by partition
2 Select a serial port for connecting the board, select the server IP address of the PC, and set the media access control (MAC) address, IP address, subnet mask, and gateway to the board. See Figure 2-2.
The server IP address of the PC and the IP address of the board must be on the same network segment. Otherwise, image files fail to be burnt.
Figure 2-2 Setting parameters 1 When
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When the HiBurn started for the first time, the parameter settings will be automatically created. That is default settings.
While settings change, the new value will be automatically stored in the HiTool. When the HiBurn starts next time, the last parameter settings are automatically loaded.
But, if the Hitool exits abnormally, the last parameter settings may not be stored successfully.
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You can click "Save" button to save current network settings for the device, and you can click the "Load" button to select settings from stored history as current settings.
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Switch "Use XML's parent path as default" state, if checked, search partition files under the XML's container, otherwise, search partition files using absolute path set in XML.
3 Click Browse to select a partition table to load it to the HiBurn, as shown in Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-3 Setting the partition information about the board
The partition information in Figure 2-3 is used only for burning image files. The actual
partitions of the board depend on the bootargs parameter of the board. The partition
information must be consistent with that specified by the bootargs parameter. Otherwise,
errors may occur.
HiBurn supports variable paths of partitions and burning remote files.
If no image file is selected for a selected partition, erase the partition.
If the image files of all partitions are packaged as an image file, the image file must be placed
in the fastboot partition and the image file must contain the fastboot. In this case, the image
file is burnt over a serial port. Therefore, it takes a long time to burn the image file. For the
NAND flash, if the image file of the rootfs partition is readable and writable, the file cannot
be packaged.
To modify the information about a partition, modify the .xml partition information file or click the corresponding partition row in the HiBurn, as shown in Figure 2-4.
Figure 2-4 Modifying the partition information
The details are as follows:
- To add a partition row, click
. After clicking a partition row, you can rename the
partition, select the flash memory type, select the file system type, and change the start
size of the partition and partition size. If the file system type is set to None, no file system is selected. Start size of a partition and partition size is in the unit of KB or
MB and must be an integral multiple of the flash memory size. Otherwise, an error may
occur. - To select the file to be burnt to a partition, click
. - To delete a partition, click
. . Note that the fastboot partition cannot be deleted and its
name cannot be changed.
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To select all partitions for burning all files in one-click mode, click
; to deselect all
partitions, click again. - To select a partition, click
corresponding to the partition.
Users can click 
button to save the partition table to a file.
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There is no .xml partition information file when the HiBurn is started for the first time. When you
close the HiBurn after setting or modifying the partition information, a dialog box shown in Figure
2-5 is displayed, asking you whether to save the partition information. Click Yes. The Save As dialog
box shown in Figure 2-7 is displayed. Select a save path, enter a file name, and click Save. An .xml
partition information file is generated.If you click No,the tool will close without save
the partition information.Click cancel,neither tool closed nor partition information saved.When you change the perspective, dialog box showed in Figure
2-6 is displayed, asking you whether to save the partition information. Click Yes. The Save As dialog
box shown in Figure 2-7 is displayed. Select a save path, enter a file name, and click Save. An .xml
partition information file is generated.Click No,the partition information will not be saved. The file must be in .xml format. Otherwise, the partition information cannot be loaded at the next startup.
Figure 2-5 Asking you whether to save the partition information when you exit the Hitool
Figure 2-6 Asking you whether to save the partition information when you change the perspective
5 Connect the serial port and Ethernet port of the board. If the board is powered on, power it off and short-circuit the bootstrap jumper cap of the board. For details, see chapter 1 "Preparing the Burning Environment"
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Click 
to start to burn files, see Figure 2-8.
7 Power on the board to burn the files. Figure 2-9 shows the burning process.
The information about the burning process is displayed in the Console box.
If an error occurs:
- Check whether correct serial port is selected.
- Check whether the correct Ethernet port is selected.
- Check whether the bootstrap jumper on the board is short-circuited.
The uploading process is similar to the burning process.
8 Connect the serial port tool and restart the board.
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button£¬a dialog will be shown for you to make images, as Figure 2-10 shows.
button, choose a destination, and a package file will be created. See Figure2-11
