Or one could always use Robert Nelsons barefs and just replace the rootfs / install what you want / need via apt-get install.
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:47 PM, Jesse Cobra <[email protected]> wrote: > If a minimal system is what your after I recommend buildroot. It takes > some effort but it can be made very minimal... > On Jun 26, 2014 9:39 PM, "Iben Rodriguez" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Those are some good links. One of the new BBB Rev C units I just got had >> a bad HDMI port and so I had to send it back for RMA. When I got the >> repaired unit back it had angstrom on it so i had to figure out how to >> flash it back to debian. >> >> The instructions here: >> >> - >> >> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/ >> >> >> look good except that I'd be sure to get the latest "flasher" image from >> here: >> >> - http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Flasher >> >> Updates seem to happen on a monthly basis: >> >> - 2014-06-05 >> - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone56 kernel >> - 2014-05-06 >> - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone49 kernel >> - 2014-04-18 >> - BeagleBone Black: v3.8.13-bone47 kernel >> >> >> One of the nice benefits of this experience (ordeal?) is that I got a >> base or bare minimum debian install with none of the fluff and there was >> even some hardening done as far as the usernames and passwords go. >> >> Below I will share some of the details for your consideration. >> >> Here is the disk usage with the original factory image: 44% full using >> 1.4G of the 3.4G on board flash. >> >> *Factory image:* >> >> root@beaglebone:~# df -h >> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on >> rootfs 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G 44% / >> udev 10M 0 10M 0% /dev >> tmpfs 100M 632K 99M 1% /run >> /dev/disk/by-uuid/8aecba16-c811-47ee-86ed-78588c08ce2a 3.4G 1.4G 1.9G >> 44% / >> tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /dev/shm >> tmpfs 249M 0 249M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup >> tmpfs 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user >> tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock >> /dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 72M 25M 75% /boot/uboot >> /dev/mmcblk1p1 63G 5.1G 58G 9% /media/NO NAME >> >> root@beaglebone:~# >> >> *Base image: * >> >> root@arm:~# uname -a >> Linux arm 3.8.13-bone56 #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 23:59:23 UTC 2014 armv7l >> GNU/Linux >> >> root@bbb1:~# df -h >> Filesystem Size Used Avail >> Use% Mounted on >> rootfs 3.4G 630M 2.6G >> 20% / >> udev 10M 0 10M >> 0% /dev >> tmpfs 100M 1.5M 98M >> 2% /run >> /dev/disk/by-uuid/ae487a65-a8c7-44e8-a20f-acadab4e5fb5 3.4G 630M 2.6G >> 20% / >> tmpfs 249M 0 249M >> 0% /dev/shm >> tmpfs 249M 0 249M >> 0% /sys/fs/cgroup >> tmpfs 100M 0 100M >> 0% /run/user >> tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M >> 0% /run/lock >> /dev/mmcblk0p1 96M 79M 18M >> 82% /boot/uboot >> >> I also restored the password settings so I could login with no password. >> >> passwd -d root # to clear the password >> vi /etc/pam.d/common-auth # change the line below >> pam_unix.so nullok >> >> vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config # To enable empty passwords, change to yes >> PermitEmptyPasswords yes >> >> >> >> I b e n >> +14087824726 >> >> Skype: ibenrodriguez >> Twitter: @iben <https://www.twitter.com/iben> >> Google: iben.rodriguez >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Chad Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Chris, >>> I have found this site to be useful >>> >>> http://hifiduino.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/beaglebone-black-base-operating-system/ >>> Enjoy and be prepared to re-flash and re-install software several times. >>> Chad >>> >>> >>> On 6/26/2014 2:49 PM, Robert Nelson wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:16 PM, <[email protected]> >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi everyone! >>> >>> I just got my BBB rev C in the mail on Tuesday! Super excited about it too >>> :D >>> >>> What I'm wondering is - there's a lot of extra software on the system that I >>> don't really need. Is there a list somewhere of all of the specialized >>> software that's installed, so that I can take the system back to a more >>> standard setup? Eg., I'd rather have Apache serve out over port 80, rather >>> than whatever's doing so currently, and I don't need the developer tools on >>> the board itself (I'll put them on my other computer.) I don't really need >>> all the X stuff either. For the most part, I just want a basic server (that >>> I can install some additinoal software to) that can be used to access all >>> the GPIO, UARTs, etc. >>> >>> Well, the factory image was based on this image: >>> http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#eMMC:_BeagleBone_Black >>> >>> So, reflashing that image would be easier then to tell you which of >>> the 600 packages was added ;) >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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