On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 6:12:45 PM UTC-8, canis wrote: > > Hi Wally, > > Thanks for getting back. Missed getting back yesterday- I'll try > following your suggestions tonight. > > (I'm a bit fearful of accidentally altering the board I'm trying to copy). > > Canis > > On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 2:39:34 PM UTC-8, Wally Bkg wrote: >> >> I'll try to walk you through this, step by step but it may take awhile. >> I'll try to check this thread everyday. >> >> Since you are using the eMMC the easiest backup will be if you can "hot >> plug" a micro SD card. Get an 8GB Class 10 card. After you boot your >> Beaglebone open a terminal window (the root console tab in Cloud9 will >> work, although putty or ssh will be better) and do the command: ls >> /dev/mmc* >> you should see something like: >> /dev/mmcblk0 /dev/mmcblk0p1 /dev/mmcblk1boot0 >> >> Next plug in the SD card and repeat the ls /dev/mmc* command, you should >> then see something like: >> /dev/mmcblk0 /dev/mmcblk1 /dev/mmcblk1boot1 /dev/mmcblk1p2 >> /dev/mmcblk0p1 /dev/mmcblk1boot0 /dev/mmcblk1p1 >> >> If these appear you should be able to use dd to clone your eMMC to the SD >> card. Try this and let me know what you find. Use a card larger than the >> eMMC so the command won't fail if your SD card is a bit smaller than the >> eMMC, that is why I suggest an 8GB card. >> >> Hope this helps, If your card doesn't "hot plug" post the links to what >> procedures you've found and I can try to help you follow the one I think >> should work with the least hassle. >> >> >> >> On Monday, February 1, 2016 at 3:19:24 PM UTC-6, canis wrote: >>> >>> Hi Wally >>> >>> Many thanks. I'll apologize in advance- there are terms I'm not >>> familiar with; I fear I'll have to take small steps >>> >>> First question, is your system running from an SD card or the eMMC? >>> >>> Running the eMMC >>> >>> If running from an SD card, just "clone" or duplicate the card using >>> Windows or Linux tools. If its running from the eMMC (on-board storage). >>> It'll require knowing some Linux commands. For a beginner, I'd suggest >>> downloading an image as close to what is in your eMMC as you can, write >>> it to an SD and then mounting the SD card using a USB to SD card adapter >>> (this gets you the correct partition layout) on the BBB and using rsync or >>> dd to clone (copy) the / (root) and /boot partitions from your eMMC to the >>> SD card. >>> >>> Is the image the list of files & folders visible upon opening BBB on my >>> laptop OR the list of folders and files within Cloud 9 OR something else? >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> canis >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>
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