btw, is there a non-flasher version of
https://rcn-ee.net/deb/flasher/wheezy/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-15-2gb.img.xz
<https://rcn-ee.net/deb/flasher/wheezy/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-15-2gb.img.xz>available
or what happens if I put this image into a board (white) that has no eMMC
onboard?  just how badly will it barf and what exactly do I end up with?

Eric

<https://rcn-ee.net/deb/flasher/wheezy/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-15-2gb.img.xz>


On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
wrote:

> > actually, for lack of hitting send immediately, I'm using the
> >
> https://rcn-ee.net/deb/flasher/wheezy/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-15-2gb.img.xz
> > image and it's pretty sweet.  only a couple hunderd MB used with lots of
> > space left (as it should be).  The network even works with dhclient
> > preinstalled and running on eth0 so it gets assigned an address on my
> > network via dhcp and I can ssh in.  Couple things I noticed as being
> > different though.  first off one has to login as Debian:temppwd (no root
> > login, and password required),
>
> Yeap, out of the box it's a little more secure via personal
> preference. The beagleboard.org image has root enabled by default to
> help transition people from Angstrom..
>
> You can get root back by:
>
> sudo passwd root
>
> (to disable)
> sudo passwd -l root
>
> I blanked out the root password, ssh, sudo/etc via:
>
>
> https://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder/blob/master/target/chroot/beagleboard.org.sh#L456
>
>
> > sudo must be used (which one should probably
> > do anyway), and reboot/shutdown/halt/poweroff are all missing (probably
> for
>
> They exist, it's just that a normal user doesn't have /sbin/ in the
> path, i patched the bb.org image with:
>
>
> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/mods/debian-add-sbin-usr-sbin-to-default-path.diff
>
> So, "sudo reboot" works, but "reboot" doesn't.
>
>
> > lack of the systemd package) so the only means to reboot the machine is
> via
> > pulling the power plug (or possibly pressing reset which I didn't think
> of
> > until just now....) both of which require physical access to the machine.
>
> Regards,
>
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>
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