# How to burn Linux image to eMMC

OS: BPI-M3 Ubuntu15.10 (Kernel3.4)

Version: 1.0 HDMI

Step 1: Start up the computer with the SD card which has been burnt with the Linux images.

Step 2: Put the images which you'd like to burn to the EMMC Storage to the USB drive.

Step 3: Run "fdisk -l" command line on your BPI-M3 and you can see the EMMC path as " /dev/mmcblk1"

`sudo fdisk -l`

![](https://3925975408-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M2HWtRJQoosYe3-dUmx%2F-M2HWuG855qPFbpCRkE5%2F-M2HXIpEeDyz8W1QvEOV%2Fburn%20linux%201.jpg?generation=1584080181748313\&alt=media)

Step 4:Switch to the path of images, and run the command.

```
sudo dd if=ubuntu-mate-15.10-desktop-armhf-raspberry-pi-2-bpi-m3-sd-emmc-20151203.img of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=10MB
```

![](https://3925975408-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M2HWtRJQoosYe3-dUmx%2F-M2HWuG855qPFbpCRkE5%2F-M2HXIpKNsqEzoO27Bhk%2Fburn%20linux%202.jpg?generation=1584080185898807\&alt=media)

Step 5:When finish burning, remove the SD card, and restart the BPI-M3

Step 6:Check if the system starts normally on the EMMC flash boot.

**video demo on youtube:**

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9YmGhqUYg4&feature=youtu.be>