Re: [linux-sunxi] Request for additions to documents
On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 11:11:27PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 01:55:03PM -0700, markdamerell via linux-sunxi wrote: > > > 2. Installing on SD card. This howto assumes that you have > > connected the card to Linux on another machine. But I cannot > > see anything to show how you are to make this connection. > > This is how our manual build howto started. Go read up. Seems i was too impatient on this one. How about this: a) you slot your SD card into your host machine. b) your kernel notices the sd card and assigns it a set of device nodes. If it doesn't you might not have not properly slotted it in, try a) again. c) your system might actually mount existing filesystems for you, in case it probably is wise to unmount them first. This is standard linux usage and not for our howtos. Please use google creatively. Luc Verhaegen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [linux-sunxi] Request for additions to documents
On Sat, May 21, 2016 at 01:55:03PM -0700, markdamerell via linux-sunxi wrote: > > The "documents" are the manual build howto & other howtos > that this refers to. It's a wiki. Create an account like normal people. > 1. Git. I believe that Git will work best if new users are > willing to adopt good habits from the beginning. They can > only do this if they are told what the correct practices > are. So I ask that the howto should point new users at > an introduction to Git. No. We are not wikipedia, or a beginners guide on development. Go read up on git somewhere else (like, pretty much the whole of the internet, there are a gazillion howtos there). > 2. Installing on SD card. This howto assumes that you have > connected the card to Linux on another machine. But I cannot > see anything to show how you are to make this connection. This is how our manual build howto started. Go read up. > 3. Backups. If things go wrong, you may well find that you > cannot boot Linux (for reasons unknown) or Android (because > you have over-written it). The Howtos should explain how to > make a backup and how to recover. We tend to only rarely overwrite the actual nand. Sometimes we do kill the nand (with the 3.4 kernel), but you do not get to make backups then either. Go read up. > 4. If you install Linux and it works, you then need a > different set of instructions for recovery. Before you began, > the card probably contained a mixture of Android apps (now > useless) and user data (useful). You need to know how to > separate these and recover only the data. Again, how about using an SD card if you are not sure? Amazing. Luc Verhaegen. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[linux-sunxi] Request for additions to documents
The "documents" are the manual build howto & other howtos that this refers to. 1. Git. I believe that Git will work best if new users are willing to adopt good habits from the beginning. They can only do this if they are told what the correct practices are. So I ask that the howto should point new users at an introduction to Git. 2. Installing on SD card. This howto assumes that you have connected the card to Linux on another machine. But I cannot see anything to show how you are to make this connection. 3. Backups. If things go wrong, you may well find that you cannot boot Linux (for reasons unknown) or Android (because you have over-written it). The Howtos should explain how to make a backup and how to recover. 4. If you install Linux and it works, you then need a different set of instructions for recovery. Before you began, the card probably contained a mixture of Android apps (now useless) and user data (useful). You need to know how to separate these and recover only the data. Thank you, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to linux-sunxi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
