On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Doug <d...@crompton.com> wrote: > I just ordered my first Black today. I have been using RPi's for awhile but > due to the lousy USB interface I wanted to try the Black. Anyhow I have a > few questions. > > I plan to run Debian and I see I have the option of running it in microSD or > the internal EMMC. > > I am not clear on the advantage/disadvantage of one vs. the other.
uSD is swappable and typically larger eMMC is faster and more reliable over time > I know I > want to be able to boot at power up without pushing buttons so I suspect the > EMMC image is the best choice. You can boot from uSD without pushing a button on power cycle. The button press is only needed when "unbricking" the on-board eMMC. > When an OS is flashed to EMMC the data > (writable) area is Where? In RAM or MicroSD? Things could have been done to run more out of RAM, but it isn't the case. Many things write back to the eMMC. > > I want to customize the OS and add my own code is this done on the microSD > image and then flashed? The eMMC works just like uSD. You write to it using the file system as you run. I highly suggest managing your code using 'git'. > > I am not clear on how this works. Of course on the RPi the SD card is the OS > and and changes you make are stored there. Maybe there is a document that > explains this? Not much to explain. eMMC is just SD soldered down to the board. You can access both when running off of either. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
