On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:18 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In the following page:- > > http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black > > > It says:- > > Flasher > eMMC: BeagleBone Black > > This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' > on linux or the win32 image program linked to on CircuitCo's wiki > page. First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD > card), then apply power (same procedure as the official CircuitCo > images). The board should boot into Ubuntu and begin flashing the > eMMC, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove > power, remove the microSD card and Ubuntu will now boot directly from > eMMC. > > > > I don't really follow this. Using the instructions elsewhere on the > same web page I have written Ubuntu 13.10 for the BBB onto a micro SD > card and it boots successfully from this. So does this mean I have > *already* done (using the script) what's described in the first > sentence above using dd?
The "instructions" are generic and the same for both images. On first bootup the "flasher" image is setup to automatically flash the "eMMC". Whereas the raw "bone" image just runs from the microSD. > If so should I just be able now to do what is described in the > subsequent sentences? BTW, if you've already flashed the "bone" image to a microSD and have booted it up, you can easily transfer that image to the eMMC via: cd /opt/scripts/ ./tools/beaglebone-black-eMMC-flasher.sh (this is the same script the "flasher" image runs on bootup..) > > Finally, if this works, can I just plug in a micro SD card that > *doesn't* have an image file on it and use the space on it? I realize > that I have to format it and mount it of course. Yes you can use it as secondary storage, just don't have a file named "uEnv.txt" on the microSD with a variable called "uenvcmd" in it. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- 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.
