Linaro OpenEmbedded images are made up of two components. The Linux kernel file with boot wrapper shim and a Root file system (RootFS) image of your choice.

h2. Using pre-built image

h3. Prerequisites

* Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit or newer on your desktop PC ("www.ubuntu.com":http://www.ubuntu.com)
* Foundation or Virtual Express fast model ("Linaro ARMv8 Engineering":http://www.linaro.org/engineering/armv8/)
* This release pre-built image, which you can downloaded from the above list.

h3. Installation Steps

* Unzip the downloaded pre-built image

h2. Booting the image

bc. ./Foundation_v8 --image img-foundation.axf \
  --block-device vexpress64-openembedded_IMAGENAME-armv8_IMAGEDATE-XYZ.img \
  --network nat