This document includes the guide to format, backup and restore the SSD of the Jetson ORIN NX installed on Y-C6 carrier board.

You can use the NVIDIA sdk manager directly if you are using Jetson ORIN NX without Y-C6 or using a Jetson Xaiver NX.

Please also change the Jetson Linux version from 35.4.1 to other version if you are going to use other version instead of Jetpack 5.1.2

Source

https://gitee.com/plink718/plink-jetpack/blob/master/flashPatch/35.4.1/ORIN-NX/Y-C6/README.en.md

https://gitee.com/plink718/plink-jetpack/tree/master/flashPatch/35.4.1

Setup the jetpack manager

It is necessary for the Jetson ORIN-NX with Y-C6 to use this repository to flash, backup and restore the SSD.

(The Jetson ORIN-NX with official developer kit and Jetson Xaiver NX can flash, backup and restore using NVIDIA SDK Manager)

git clone <https://github.com/clearbothk/plink-jetpack.git>
# 35.4.1 means Jetson Linux 35.4.1. It means Jetpack 5.1.2 with Ubuntu 20.04
cd plink-jetpack/flashPatch/35.4.1/ORIN-NX/Y-C6
wget <https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/embedded/l4t/r35_release_v4.1/release/jetson_linux_r35.4.1_aarch64.tbz2>
wget <https://developer.nvidia.com/downloads/embedded/l4t/r35_release_v4.1/release/tegra_linux_sample-root-filesystem_r35.4.1_aarch64.tbz2>
tar -xf jetson_linux_r35.4.1_aarch64.tbz2
tar -xf plink-ai_Y-C6_Orin-NX_R35.4.1_patch.tbz2
cd Linux_for_Tegra/rootfs/
sudo tar -xpf ../../tegra_linux_sample-root-filesystem_r35.4.1_aarch64.tbz2
cd ..
sudo ./tools/l4t_flash_prerequisites.sh
sudo ./apply_binaries.sh

The following video shows how to fully set up the jetpack manager with the above commands

prepare_sdk_formatter.mp4

Format the SSD with Jetpack 5.1.2 (Ubuntu 20.04)

Run the Jetson in Force Recovery Mode

In order to run the Jetson in Force Recovery Mode, you need to have