My builroot rootfs, with QT, opencv, some boost libraries, python, a small webserver and other amenities uses only 10% of that 2GB.
On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:52:26 -0600 Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> wrote: > 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. -- 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/d/optout.
