Given the advice about leaving us "newbies" to the wolves.... Could somebody make a recommendation for a list of packages for the Beagleboard -XM?
Is the demo distro sufficient or weak? The ultimate goal is to run an OS that is near real time. No bells and whistles are necessary. Beagle Board Forums / Tutorials point to the distro builder. Thanks, Aaron 2011/12/15 Gábor Majoros <mersa...@gmail.com> > Well, as the point raised... > > I also have my BB-xM, but only could make the demo image to work... > > And I'm pleased that you guys create awesome stuff with linux and embedded > boards. And possibly you gained that knowledge with hard work and hours of > playing around with console...but on sharing...there is an easier way than > learning hundreds of pages... > > On 15 December 2011 20:07, Greg Kogut <gko...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > This is a weak point in documentation. The builder, while attractive to > > newbies, leave the newbies to the wolves in terms of u-boot, x-loader, > > intel boot sector, lilo, grub, MLO files, initrd setup, etc. > > > > Understandable, in a sense, because so much of that is hardware-specific > > to both the host and target environments, but a few links to appropriate > > wikis would go a long way. Or at least a "Here's your files, now you're > on > > your own, go RTFM for your hardware." > > > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Encore Investments <encore...@yahoo.com> > > To: "angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org" < > > angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org> > > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:45 AM > > Subject: Re: [Angstrom-distro-users] Online Builder is down! > > > > Aaron, I've purchased a BBxm and I'm have difficulty building my distro. > I > > understand about 90% of what needs to be done but my mind can't seem to > > grasp the final instructions. I just want to install XBMC on this board > > could you please recommend a few steps after getting the online builder > > file...thanks.....Ed > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Aaron Grieb <grieb...@gmail.com> > > To: angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:13 PM > > Subject: [Angstrom-distro-users] Online Builder is down! > > > > I have been attempting to access the online builder to build a distro for > > my 3 new beagleboard-xm's. I was able to access the builder last night, > but > > this morning and all of today have been unable to. > > > > Please help! > > > > Thanks, > > Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > > _______________________________________________ > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > > _______________________________________________ > > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > > > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Angstrom-distro-users mailing list > Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users > _______________________________________________ Angstrom-distro-users mailing list Angstrom-distro-users@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/angstrom-distro-users
