Who wrote that wiki John ? It's kind of a mess. I have a hard time following that, and I have experience with this sort of thing.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:50 AM, John Syn <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Giles Godart-Brown <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 1:41 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [beagleboard] unable to boot Beaglebone Black from NFS > > HURRAH it now works, thanks to all your help and no need to make a new > kernel or uboot! > > Here is how its done at a high level, I will be writing it up in more > detail on the Misterhouse on Beglebone instructions > <http://misterhouse.wikispaces.com/BeagleBoneBlack>. > > 1) Flash an SD card with the standard (non eMMC flashing) Debian image > from here <http://beagleboard.org/latest-images> > 2) Set up an NFS share on your NAS/PC/whatever > 3) Boot your Bone with the SD Card > 4) Set the Bone to have a static IP address by editing > /etc/netwotk/interfaces reboot and check it works > 4) NFS mount the shared drive from the Bone ( e.g. mount -o nfsvers=3 > 192.168.10.118:/home/bone /mnt/nfs) > 5) sudo to root on the Bone and do all the rest of the Bone stuff as root > 6) copy everything to the NFS drive. The second step seems unnecessary, > but its quick compared with the first > cp -axv /. /mnt/nfs/. > cp -axv /dev/. /mnt/nfs/dev/. > 7) edit the /mnt/nfs/etc/fstab to add > /dev/nfs / nfs defaults 0 0 > and comment out the other root partition, > 8) Edit your /boot/uboot/uEnv.txt add the following lines - changed to > match your configuration > serverip=192.168.10.118 > ipaddr=192.168.10.47 > hostname=MH_bbb > netmask=255.255.255.0 > gateway=192.168.10.1 > nfsdevice=eth0:off > nfsopts=vers=3 > rootpath=/home/bone/rootfs > comment out the line that starts mmcargs as follows; > #mmcargs=setenv bootargs > add a new netargs line - note all on one line, not broken as here > netargs=setenv bootargs console=${console} ${optargs} root=/dev/nfs > nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath} > ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${gateway}:${netmask}:${hostname}:${nfsdevice} > and finally replace the uenvcmd with this; > uenvcmd=run loadfiles; run netargs; bootz ${loadaddr} > ${initrd_addr}:${initrd_size} ${fdtaddr} > > Reboot and you should be able to ssh into your Bone, hear your disk drive > whizzing and see your extra disk space with a df. > For completeness I've attached my uEnv.txt > > As I said in my previous e-mail, all this above is unnecessary if you are > using the latest u-boot. All you need is the 5 lines I showed below. As > long as you define client_ip, the default u-boot env will use NFS. No need > for uenvcmd, etc. Robert made NFS booting really simple: > > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:U-boot_partitioning_layout_2.0#nfs_support > > Regards, > John > > > Thanks again > Giles > > > On Wednesday, 30 July 2014 17:43:50 UTC+1, john3909 wrote: >> >> >> From: Giles Godart-Brown <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 12:24 AM >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] unable to boot Beaglebone Black from NFS >> >> Thanks for your help, but sadly, on this version a uEnv.txt just >> containing; >> console=ttyO0,115200n8 >> client_ip=192.168.10.47 >> server_ip=192.168.10.118 >> gw_ip=192.168.10.1 >> root_dir=/home/bone/bbb_nfs_root >> >> does not work, it doesn't even fire up the ethernet port (no activity >> lights), I'm guessing because there is no eth0 defined and its perhaps >> trying to fire up the USB network or something. >> >> Make sure you are using the latest version of u-boot. I’m using >> >> U-Boot 2014.07-00014-gdc7e38e >> >> This is the v2014.07 with Robert Nelsons u-boot patch >> >> https://github.com/RobertCNelson/Bootloader-Builder/blob/master/patches/ >> v2014.07/0001-am335x_evm-uEnv.txt-bootz-n-fixes.patch >> >> Or follow the instructions here: >> >> http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black# >> BeagleBoneBlack-Bootloader:U-Boot >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> >> I'll try the rsync method once I can ping the beaglebone >> >> G >> >> On Wednesday, 30 July 2014 03:05:41 UTC+1, john3909 wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: Giles Godart-Brown <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 2:26 PM >>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [beagleboard] unable to boot Beaglebone Black from NFS >>> >>> I've seen many posts about how to boot a Beaglebone black via an NFS >>> mounted root partition, but none seem to work with the latest version. >>> I started by creating an NFS mount on my Ubuntu PC and successfully >>> mounting it from the Beaglebone when booted from an SD image of the latest >>> version dated 2013.06.20 >>> <https://s3.amazonaws.com/angstrom/demo/beaglebone/Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME-eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.06.20.img.xz> >>> from >>> the Beaglebone site. All the commands below were done as root.; >>> uname -a >>> Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone50 .... >>> Then test the mount with; >>> mount -o nfsvers=3 192.168.10.118:/home/bone /mnt/nfs >>> Next I copied the entire filesystem to the nfs mount with >>> cp -axv /. /mnt/nfs/. >>> >>> I’m not sure this is going to work because you are attempting to copy >>> dynamic files and folders. Rather insert the SDCard into your host and do >>> the following: >>> sudo rsync -avz /mnt/rootfs/ /home/<userid>/targetNFS/ >>> >>> >>> I've edited the fstab on the nfs (/home/bone/etc/fstab) to add >>> /dev/nfs / nfs defaults 0 0 >>> and correctly edited /home/bone/etc/network/interface to reflect the >>> correct IP address etc. >>> Next I edited the uEnv.txt on the SD card to add >>> serverip=192.168.10.118 >>> ipaddr=192.168.10.47 >>> hostname=MH_bbb >>> netmask=255.255.255.0 >>> gateway=192.168.10.1 >>> nfsdevice=eth0:off >>> nfsopts=vers=3 >>> rootpath=/home/bone >>> and changed the mmcargs line to; >>> mcargs=setenv bootargs console=tty0 console=${console} ${optargs} >>> ${cape_disable} ${cape_enable} ${kms_force_mode} ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${ >>> gateway}:${netmask}:${hostname}:${nfsdevice} root=/dev/nfs rw >>> nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath},${nfsopts} ${systemd} >>> The Bone starts to boot and I can ping it on the correct IP address, but >>> the display never shows anything and it doesn't let me ssh to it. >>> Can anyone let me know what I've missed? >>> Thanks >>> >>> This is my complete uEnv.txt: >>> >>> ============================== >>> client_ip=10.100.116.105 >>> server_ip=10.100.116.73 >>> gw_ip=10.100.116.1 >>> root_dir=/home/<userid>/targetNFS >>> ============================== >>> >>> Replace <userid> with your own desktop login id and replace client_ip, >>> server_ip and gw_ip addresses as required. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > 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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