On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 8:20 AM, blues man <drmd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks. I'm happy with the currently released image - I don't want or > need to go back to the original OS version. But just reflashing the eMMC > doesn't seem to clear out all the cobwebs, as there's clearly less memory > now than there was when I got it. I need to restore the free space that > was on the eMMC originally. I was able to install JRiver Media Center on > Debian and Ubuntu without difficulty a few times before. But this time, I > get many "cannot write to file - no room on device" messages, and the > install fails. Using clean, remove and autoremove do not seem to help. > > There seem to be many files in many folders in many directories that > weren't there when it was brand new. If flashing the eMMC is supposed to > delete everything, it's not - so maybe my 'bone is broken. I've properly > reformatted each uSD card I use before burning , so there's never anything > on the card except the image I want to use. Is there any way to reformat > the entire eMMC? I hesitate to delete things when I don't know what they > are - is there a list of the core files I need to preserve so it will still > reflash from a card? > The first step in the "flashing" script on the "flashing" image is to re-format the eMMC.. So yes it'll delete everything on the eMMC.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYgaWoGeEYj%2BFCoy0D-fvMdTMs-MJ9485D489FDRuY4VMg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
