It may not be booting 100% of the hard drive and be doing some initial booting from the flash memory. But as long as it switches over to using the hard drive for the root filesystem and swap (and everything, once it gets booted) that will satisfy me.
On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 1:47:20 PM UTC-8, Gerald wrote: > > So, what is the SD card? It can't just boot off the USB? I believe in this > case, I am still correct. > > Gerald > > > > On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 3:39 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007705%20600006260&IsNodeId=1&name=Yes >> >> Any of the above *should* work. Of course I can not personally guarantee >> they'll all work, but you get the idea . .. >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:35 PM, William Hermans >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Gerald, I am sure this would be a case you would love to be proven >>> "wrong" ? >>> >>> >>> http://www.embeddedhobbyist.com/debian-tips/beaglebone-black/beaglebone-black-usb-boot/ >>> >>> Rusty, as long as it is a decent enclosure with an external power plug, >>> it will/should work just fine. Personally in the process of writing the >>> article above, I used an el cheapo PATA<->USB enclosure, with an PATA 300GB >>> Seagate barracuda inside. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Gerald Coley >>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I don't recall any of the four boards being able to boot off of a USB >>>> drive. >>>> >>>> Gerald >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Rusty Wright >>>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Can anyone recommend a usb drive for using to boot off of? From what >>>>> I understand the drive needs to be externally powered, not powered from >>>>> usb, and I can only find ones that are powered over usb. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
