Installation Manual

Introduction
Intel® Edison
Quick Start Guide September 2014
6 Intel Confidential Document Number: EQSG-ww29
1 Introduction
This document provides the necessary steps to install the Intel® Edison software and make the initial configurations
in the supported environments.
1.1 References
Reference
Name
Number/location
[QSG]
Intel® Edison Quick Start Guide
(This document)
[UG]
Intel® Edison Board Support Package User Guide
[RN]
Intel® Edison Board Support Package Release Notes
[HDG]
Intel® Edison Hardware Design Guide
[GSG]
Intel® Edison Getting Started Guide
[SDG]
Intel® Edison Software Developer Guide
[YPQSG]
Yocto Project Quick Start Guide
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/yocto-
project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html
[YDM]
Yocto Developer Manual
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/dev-
manual/dev-manual.html
[YKDM]
Yocto Kernel Developer Manual
http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/kernel-
dev/kernel-dev.html
1.2 Terminology
Term
Definition
SSH
Secure shell host
RNDIS
Remote Network Driver Interface Specification (Microsoft Proprietary protocol used on top of USB)
UART
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
SCP
Secure Copy Command
SFTP
Secure File Transfer Protocol
USB CDC
Universal Serial Bus Communication Device Class
1.3 Typographic conventions
The following conventions are used in this document:
• Emphasis - graphical user interface entries and buttons, filenames, directory paths, etc.
• Courier font - code examples, command line entries.
Linux terminal inputs follow bold ## symbols and outputs follow a single # symbol as shown below.
##echo “a line sample of terminal input and output”
#a line sample of terminal input and output
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