Hi @cpswan the trick is to get the device into Fastboot mode:
Over the debug interface you should see:
brom_ver 8
[APP][E] protocol_connect failed, exit.
This is done, with power applied… Hold the USB button, and toggle the reset button…
For ubuntu (xfce image) you can grab the latest pre-built snapshot by going to: Pipelines · BeagleV-Ahead / xuantie-ubuntu · GitLab
voodoo@hestia:~/Downloads$ unzip xuantie-ubuntu-12341.zip
Archive: xuantie-ubuntu-12341.zip
inflating: deploy/boot.ext4.xz
inflating: deploy/fastboot_emmc.sh
inflating: deploy/root.ext4.xz
inflating: deploy/u-boot-with-spl.bin
voodoo@hestia:~/Downloads$ cd deploy/
voodoo@hestia:~/Downloads/deploy$ sudo ./fastboot_emmc.sh
If you want to customize your own image, or use the smaller ubuntu minmal or debian image, just clone the repo and build locally: BeagleV-Ahead / xuantie-ubuntu · GitLab
Regards,