Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > OK, I hadn't realised that there are two images, one that automatically tranfers itself to eMMC and the other that just works from the microSD card.
> > 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 > OK, I did actually work this out for myself in the end and now have Ubuntu running from the eMMC > (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. > OK, thanks, I think I'm all set now! :-) -- Chris Green ยท -- 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.
