How to Boot Jetson Nano from SD Card

In this guide, we’ll show you how to configure your Waveshare Jetson Nano IO Base Lite to boot from an SD card. To achieve this setup, simply follow the step-by-step instructions provided below.
1. Check if the TF card is identified:
2. If the mmcblk1p1 device is recognized, the TF card is recognized normally.
3. Format the TF card:
Unmount the TF card first:
Format the TF card again using the format command. After successful formatting, enter:
There is only mmcblk1, as shown below.
4. Modify the startup path.
Find the statement APPEND ${cbootargs} quiet root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 rw rootwait
rootfstype=ext4 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty0, modify mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk1 to
save.
5. Mount the TF card.
6. Copy the system to the TF card (the process has no information to print, please
wait patiently).
7. After the copy is complete, uninstall the TF card (do not unplug the TF card).
8. Restart the system.