Arnie: Simple answer: No.
Although it is possible to have the OS running on the eMMC and an application located on the uSD card, I would highly recommend that you do not try to do it that way. Life will be much easier if you have your application and the OS in the same location. So, choose either the eMMC or the uSD card as the location for the OS and the (SoftEther VPN Server) application. Install the OS and get it running. I highly recommend you have a serial cable on the serial console port for all of this. SoftEther VPN Server for the ARM is provided as source code, so you will need to make sure you have all the prerequisite tools and files installed, then use the "make" procedure provided with the source code to build the application on the target beaglebone. It also includes some self tests to make sure the build works and is compatible with the target hardware. Then you will need to use the command line to start the VPN server. Then, you will need to use either the Windows or Linux console configuration tools to configure the Server. It is possible to write a service.d script to automatically start the VPN server whenever the beaglebone boots, but these files are not provided as part of the Softether distribution. So, I would say that this effort is not for Linux or Beaglebone beginners. You need to have sort of medium Linux skills to pull it off. It works real well once you get it going. Both the Beaglebone and the SoftEther VPN Server are extremely stable --- Graham == On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:08 AM, William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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