> > Thanks William. So I just want to make sure... all I need to do is flash > the eMMC with Debian Jessie 8.4. Once I do that, it should boot up and > automatically run my Softether VPN server located on the uSD card? > Yes? > Thanks...Arnie >
I have no idea what a *Softether VPN server* *is*. But no, a flasher image is used for only one purpose. Flashing a working image onto the eMMC. What's more, the flasher image will also very likely wipe the contents of the eMMC first. On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 12:44 PM, <mdj...@gmail.com> wrote: > This question will reveal what a newbie I am: > I have seen several posts that say I have to un-comment out a particular > line in uENV.txt on the SD card. My question is, how do I find that file? I > don't even know how to get a listing of files and directories on the SD > card. Help!!? > Thanks...Arnie > > On Monday, July 4, 2016 at 6:59:28 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: >> >> *On Debian 8 and later, this usually means that you do not have the "boot >>> bit" set on the card.* >>> >> >> No . ..as I said. It means there is an older bootloader on the emmc. If >> you remove the bootloader, said problem goes away. >> >> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Graham Haddock <gra...@flexradio.com> >> wrote: >> >>> It should automatically boot from the card without having to push the >>> boot button. >>> On Debian 8 and later, this usually means that you do not have the "boot >>> bit" set on the card. >>> >>> If you created the card by installing the resident version of Debian, >>> then expanding the partition, the "boot bit" should already be set. >>> >>> If you created the card some other way, then put it in a Linux desktop, >>> and run Gparted. Go into the option-menus and manually set the boot bit. >>> It should then automatically boot, whenever you apply power to the BBB. >>> >>> There is probably some other way to manually edit the card and set the >>> bit, but I find Gparted very easy to use. >>> >>> I am running a BBG as a SoftEther VPN server and it works fine. No need >>> to push buttons to get it to boot. >>> >>> --- Graham >>> >>> == >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 4:14 PM, William Hermans <yyr...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> > Graham (or anyone who knows....): >>>> > I use my BBB as a VPN server running Softether. Right now, it is all >>>> running from a 16gb uSD card which means that I >have to hold the button >>>> every time I power it up. >>>> The reason for this is that you have an older bootloader on the emmc. >>>> You can change this behavior if you wish. BY two differnt method I >>>> personally am aware of. >>>> >>>> >Can you tell me how to get this all into the eMMC memory? I don't use >>>> any >video or GUI but don't know how to eliminate >those features from the >>>> Debian Jessie 8.4 that I am running so that there >would be room for >>>> Softether as well in the eMMC. >>>> > Thanks in advance for help with this...Arnie >>>> >>>> You download and put a flasher image onto an sdcard. Instead of a >>>> standalone image. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 11:05 AM, <mdj...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Graham (or anyone who knows....): >>>>> I use my BBB as a VPN server running Softether. Right now, it is all >>>>> running from a 16gb uSD card which means that I have to hold the button >>>>> every time I power it up. Can you tell me how to get this all into the >>>>> eMMC >>>>> memory? I don't use any video or GUI but don't know how to eliminate those >>>>> features from the Debian Jessie 8.4 that I am running so that there would >>>>> be room for Softether as well in the eMMC. >>>>> Thanks in advance for help with this...Arnie >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 10:18:44 AM UTC-4, Graham wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> You never said how you are running the BBB. >>>>>> If you are running without a video display, local or remote, then you >>>>>> don't need about half of what is in the full package. >>>>>> Then you could load a minimum "console" package, which will only fill >>>>>> 1.7G of your 4 G eMMC, then add in what else you need to run your >>>>>> application. >>>>>> So, you would have about 2 GB of play space. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have a video display you are better off going with the full >>>>>> package.. >>>>>> >>>>>> --- Graham >>>>>> >>>>>> == >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 8:27:27 AM UTC-5, blues man wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, Graham! I'll just use my 64G uSD card, expand the file >>>>>>> system, and go back to JRMC on Debian. I guess the older images didn't >>>>>>> fill the eMMC, so I still had room for JRMC - but the latest one tipped >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> scale too far. 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