On Thursday 11 May 2017 10:45:12 TJoseph Powderly wrote: > Erik hello > > On 05/11/17 14:01, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > Gene, what I bought is a Udoo X86, and on their forum there's talk > > of this and that not working too, at least until someone tells them > > how to do it. My only issue so far is that I'm a bit down the > > delivery list, and it may yet be a week or two before mine arrives. > > (Still, it's better that they hauled up and fixed the PCB issue, > > rather than ship substandard goods.) > > > > It ought to be able to boot from USB or SD card, so just do the same > > vanilla stuff as in the Udoo howto, which is here?: > > > > https://www.udoo.org/tutorial/creating-a-bootable-micro-sd-card-with > >-linux-ubuntu-from-image/ > > > > You just grab any linux distro you fancy, off the intertubes. (I've > > put a ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso onto a flash drive, and am > > impatient for the board to arrive.) > > i thought about the ud00 x86 for linuxcnc > > i read the 'use any linux x86 distro' > > but > > is there reason to think it can run the linuxcnc iso for x86? > > can it become a tiny realtime control? > > > right now i'm trying to get preempt-rt onto an opi+2e for similar > reasons > > > these tiny boards can drive you nuts > > i get the impression that they're all built for settop boxes > > and rejects sold as the latest greatest linux microcontroller > > > today i 'fixed' the SD block read fails with a paper shim ( not by > buying class 10 sd ) > > today i 'fixed' the 'cant enumerate device on...' by bending down the > 2 tabs on the usb jack > > ( not by buying a new mouse ) > > i am firm believer in 'things generally work' > > and in 'connections are 90% of electrical problems' > At least Tomp.
I just got a surprise, the up-board was shipped by Fedex this past Monday from a location in the Netherlands, and Fedex just made me sign for it. According to the very sparse docs (1 page), I need to find a 5.5-2.1 plug to put on a 5v4a supply. So I'll have to swap supplies as I have a 3a and a 4a and the 4a is currently running the pi, no biggie. The 3 can do as well, its been tried. It says bootable usb drive with iso or os preloaded, connect hdmi, net cable, keyboard and mouse. connect power supply, wiat for the up bios logo. For more info goto www.up-community.org. I have a usb drive, a rotating media 1 terrabyte seagate, $60 at Staples. I wonder if I can install our wheezy-iso, a fresh copy coming in now via zsync. I'll put it on that drive, boot it and install back to that drive. Or at least thats the plan. :) This board has an alu baseplate, which seems to be in contact with the bottom of the cpu pad, contributing to the cooling by providing a path for some of that heat directly to the alu panel I will mount it on which is some north of a square foot of 3mm thick alu sheet. The top is also well covered with a heat sink. The 40 pin header is oriented the same as the pi's header. Looks promising and I saw a reference on the forum that its possible the gpio usage actually matches the pi! Interesting times ahead. But maybe I should find an 8Gb usb keystick. I will, if the drive actually boots. News at 11. :) > thanks > > Tomp tjtr33 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's > most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
