Thanks Graham and William. I am not sure what I did right, but it all seems to be working as I wish at the moment. I flashed the eMMC with Debian Jessie 8.5 and now when I power-up, my Softether VPN server automatically runs from my uSD card. One newbie question: When I ssh into the BBB, how do I get a list the files that are on the uSD card? Thanks...Arnie
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Graham Haddock <gra...@flexradio.com> wrote: > 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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