On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:07 PM, RT Mistler <rtmist...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to take the contents of flash that I have working and make a copy > of it for distribution. > > For instance, you can download a flash imager which will put the default > release onto your MMC flash in it's entirety. I can do that, but then I > have to customize to install or configure it to work the way I have chosen > for multiple boards. If I could use that flash imager process but have the > image it flashes be what I have now, this would be helpful. > > I do realize that I can use the dd command as well as connecting a uSD card > via a card reader and copy my entire flash over to that uSD and then that > uSD will work on another board. That's a lot slower performing, not my > first preference. On the flipside of that, I'm fairly positive that I can > NOT boot off of a uSD and then use dd to copy to my MMC flash; maybe I'm > wrong there. That would be a good interim solution, but ultimately I think > it would be helpful if I could somehow create a flash image where the > flasher would just burn my default disk as my starting point for each board, > this way an installer person could perform these actions and get repeatable > results on multiple boards. > > Anyone have any thoughts or know of a set of instructions that might be > helpful? Believe me I've searched a bit, maybe just used the incorrect > terms, I haven't found anything except the instructions about how to > download the default flash image and burn that.
Well, if your using the newer Debian images hosted here: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images There's a little gem, under /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/*.sh to do what you want. 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
