Cost. That is what a $45 board allows us to buy. 4G is more expensive than 2G, And eMMC is faster and more reliable than an SD card.
Gerald On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Brad Hopper <brad.hop...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder why the BBB has "only" 2G of space in the eMMC - aren't most > "small" boot images designed to fit in 4G? It's *great* to have onboard > bootable space, just seems like it would be bigger or why bother since > many/most will just end up not using it and booting from flash. > > > On Thursday, February 13, 2014 2:48:14 PM UTC-5, Rusty Wright wrote: >> >> >> If I plan to only boot to the SD card, why would I want/need to flash the >> eMMC with the latest? >> >> This may be answered by the previous question's answer; does flashing the >> eMMC update the >> lowest level, stage 1, or whatever it's called (whatever's not in the DOS >> partition) u-boot code? >> I guess I'm assuming that the lowest level boot code is u-boot, but >> perhaps that's incorrect. >> > -- > 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 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.
