Orin Nano Super + SSD - No Host Required!

[@JetsonHacks]

In the video, I state that the 80 in 2280 stands for 80 centimeters. It means 80 millimeters, of course. 80 centimeters would have much more storage! What can I say, I'm an uneducated American 😉

[@Kw1161]

I'm holding out for a 80 kilometer SSD...! Happy New Year JetsonHacks!

[@sansmojo]

Maybe the Super Duper will support 80 cm SSDs.

[@JetsonHacks]

@@Kw1161 I like it! Thinking big! Happy New Years to you and yours, and thanks for watching!

[@JetsonHacks]

@sansmojo One can only hope. Thanks for watching!

[@garykingston1662]

I’ve been waiting eagerly for this! Not only did you make a video, but you wrote scripts to do it. Bravo! I can’t to get this running. Excellent video, as well. Update: just completed the steps and it works exactly as described in the video. Perfection. Thanks again!

[@JetsonHacks]

Thank you for the kind words. I am glad you were able to get it to work. Thanks for watching!

[@julianvanderkraats408]

You can also use SDK Manager to flash eveything to NVMe, works well, no scripts needed.

[@JetsonHacks]

That's a great (and approved) way to set up your system! Unfortunately some users (like me) have not had the same 'works well' experience. Thanks for watching!

[@jreicher]

Thanks so much for this video! Things flaked out a bit for me, but the second time around everything worked fine (I think I had a bad spot on my SSD - it was one of those losely Kingston ones!)

[@JetsonHacks]

You are welcome. If you can't trust your memories, who can you trust? I am glad you were able to get it to work, and thanks for watching!

[@bhaveshdamania750]

Thank you very much for this video...I was having hard time running thru SDK Manager due to GUI Display error. First try following this video the FAt32 partition was not copied because I had Swap memory as well as used the SSD for Docker following the guide...Formatting the SSD caused the nano to go in Emergency mode. Using Chatgpt it gave me steps to update the Fstab file and commenting out the entries... That worked and then I followd your steps and now I am sucesfully able to login thru the SSD. but using the JTOP commmand I still SWP as OFF in red how do I resolve that ?

[@JetsonHacks]

Sounds like quite the process! You can use jtop in the MEM tab to create a new Swap file. Thanks for watching!

[@bhaveshdamania750]

@@JetsonHacks Thank you will google for steps..your videos are very helpful for a beginner like me...

[@JetsonHacks]

@@bhaveshdamania750 You are welcome. I am glad you find the videos useful.

[@abdshomad]

I've been waiting for this 🎉 So, firstly, we needed to install JetPack in our Jetson Super on SD CARD, then when installation completed, we move it to SSD. This is because we can not "burn" the JetPack directly to SSD?

[@jakesullivan3017]

I used the SDK manager and flashed on the SSD directly. This is for a host free setup

[@JetsonHacks]

You could write the image to a SSD if you have the hardware to do so. However, and the part that is tricky, is updating the firmware/QSPI. It should be straightforward if you are running firmware version 36.3.0 or above; there is a program in the image which will schedule the firmware update on the next startup. However, if you have an older firmware (as many current Jetson Orin Nanos do), you may need to do the upgrade multiple times, using older versions of JetPack. I don't know how much testing has been done on SSDs as an upgrade path from older JetPacks. Instead, what is presented here is a firmware upgrade method which people have been using for several months, the SD card approach. Once you get the firmware upgraded, you're most of the way home. Of course, the only NVIDIA approved way to run from SSD is to use SDK Manager to download JetPack 6.1 rev1 and install it. This is in part because this is an interim release, and should be fixed when the next JetPack version is released later in January. Thanks for watching!

[@JetsonHacks]

That's a good way to do it, but is more painful for more casual users. I noticed that the SDK Manager had some major hiccups over the last week. Hopefully the next JetPack release will be smoother. Thanks for watching!

[@rreybier]

Thank you for video , you mix cm and mmm by the way

[@rreybier]

No problem is am un uneducated européen i only understand inches (because of my thumb ) 😅

[@JetsonHacks]

You are welcome. You caught me! All this new fangled metric stuff here in America always gets me. Thanks for watching!

[@JetsonHacks]

Lol. Americans don't have much less of an education, that's why we used our feet instead of something reasonable like a meter for measuring.

[@jpinyon]

Thanks for the vidoe. Do you think this will also work for AGX Orin's eMMC to SSD migration?

[@JetsonHacks]

I have not tested that particular case, but I think there is a high probability of success. However, the AGX Orin is such a different class of machine that it's worth it to invest in learning how to use the BSP and rootfs tools and/or use the SDK Manager. Thanks for watching!

[@jpinyon]

@@JetsonHacks Thank you for your kind reply. I will try it when I have the opportunity and report back.

[@airatooo]

I have Orin nano dev kit from a year ago. Would this work on it? Is it the same hardware as the new super? Thanks!

[@JetsonHacks]

The hardware is the same, this method will work on it. First, you will need to upgrade the firmware and create a bootable SD card with Super mode enabled: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWmynKWLf92hh8U Thanks for watching, and let us know if you get it to work.

[@BenjiNotknown]

has anybody been successful running a jetpack .img in a virtual machine? is there anyway to change an .img to an .iso in order to try it?

[@JetsonHacks]

That's a good question, hopefully someone here sees it. I think the issue people run into is the way VMs handle USB. During the flash process, the Jetson disconnects and reconnects, and VMs tend to have trouble handling that. Over the years, people have come up with workarounds, but it is very dependent on which VM you are using. Thanks for watching!

[@TT-it9gg]

Thanks for the vidoe. Seems mm? not cm?

[@JetsonHacks]

Yes that's correct. My American is showing. Thanks for watching!

[@jatu4180]

I think you mean mm, not cm?

[@JetsonHacks]

Yes. 80 CM would have much more storage capacity. I'm a silly American, I always seem to get that meter stuff wrong. Thanks for watching!

[@jatu4180]

Same here. Love your channel, thanks for all your good work. It makes my job so much easier.

[@JetsonHacks]

​@@jatu4180 You are welcome, I'm glad you find it useful. Thanks for watching!