I forgot to say that the other motivation for this page is to verify that I understand what's going on and what all the moving parts are.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Rusty Wright <rusty.wri...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks, I'll go back and re-read your articles. The lumpynose wordpress > site is really just a place for me to keep notes to myself. In a previous > life I helped other sysadmins so I naturally feel the need to say as much > as possible and assume the reader knows very little, in case someone > stumbles across this page. > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:05 PM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Rusty, >> >> If you read all the articles I wrote that pertain to the various steps I >> took along the way. There would be no guessing. >> >> Anyhow the first part of that article describes what must be done( from >> 30k feet ), and the second half is a working example, based on previous >> steps I took for the netboot article. It really does not get much shorter./ >> concise . . . My idea of an article was meant to teach a person to fish, >> instead of just giving them a fish( as the saying goes ). Just goes to show >> no matter how hard one tries to "please" all, it never happens ;) >> >> @Robert, >> >> The reason why I put the uImage, and dtbs files on the USB drive, simply, >> I am newb to embedded Linux, Linux development, and expect to recompile >> things several times in the process. Knowing what I do about flash media . >> . . I'd rather put as much as possible on non flash media. >> >> In the end for my own personal usage. the Netboot install is the best of >> all worlds. It is the most flexible for development all around. WHere as >> perhaps the USB boot would be best suited for using the BBB as a low >> powered desktop replacement. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Robert Nelson >> <robertcnel...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Rusty Wright <rusty.wri...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, thanks. I didn't understand that. Your instructions say >>>> >>>> cd ~/rootfs/ >>>> >>>> Is that where Robert's debian image is that you're using? I didn't see >>>> on your page >>>> where you extract or download his files. >>>> >>>> In my instructions I want to spell everything out and minimize guessing. >>>> >>> >>> >>> I always cheat.. ;) I never really convert an image from microSD to >>> external usb-sata.. I just usually pick the sata drive during the partition >>> stage of the "NetInstall" script.. Although I've never tried to go as far >>> as you, and also stick the kernel zImage/dtbs on the usb-sata drive.. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Nelson >>> http://www.rcn-ee.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/9T6feUimWR4/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
