:D .. I will take this advice , and soon move over to deb.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:56 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> No idea, I got rid of Angstrom the first week after receiving my
> Beaglebone blacks. Angstrom was too much of a pain in my backside to even
> want to bother with it.
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:23 AM, Anubhav Goel <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> that sounds good!.. i shall try it and report back.
>> One point , how do I disable the default mechanism of loading the
>> thumbdrive ? i.e. , there must be some place/sh where these commands are
>> getting executed ? can you point me to them ?
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:49 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, so I do not know where the module "g_multi" is loaded from on
>>> angstrom, but g_multi is a USB to Serial, ethernet, and mass storage
>>> device. You should search the web on g_mass_storage to understand how the
>>> parameters work with g_multi . .
>>>
>>> So anyway, g_multi is caled similar to this:
>>>
>>> modprobe g_multi file=/dev/mmsclk01p1
>>>
>>>
>>> This is how the device is shared out over USB. So, you *may* be able
>>> point the file location to /dev/null ( never tried it ), or create an empty
>>> directory *somewhere*. And point it to that. If Neithe fo those work for
>>> you, then get rid of g_multi, and use g_ether instead ( assuming you do not
>>> need Serial too ).
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Anubhav Goel <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi !
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Anubhav,
>>>>>
>>>>> do not move uEnv.txt, the U-Boot image and the kernel images
>>>>> around. Due to the limited technical possibilities of the very early
>>>>> boot stages, these files are exspected to be at certain physical
>>>>> place on the flash memory.
>>>>>
>>>>> Instead edit /etc/fstab and remove the mount command of /boot.
>>>>> Do a backup first.
>>>>>
>>>> m fstab shows:
>>>> rootfs               /                    auto
>>>> defaults              1  1
>>>> proc                 /proc                proc
>>>> defaults              0  0
>>>> devpts               /dev/pts             devpts
>>>> mode=0620,gid=5       0  0
>>>> tmpfs                /tmp                 tmpfs
>>>> defaults              0  0
>>>>
>>>> It doesnt have the mount command of boot.
>>>> Even if I were able to stop the boot, would that mean disabling access
>>>> to the partition on windows desktop?  I do require the parition to appear
>>>> on desktop when connected, but I dont want the user to access these
>>>> critical files.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Meino
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Anubhav Goel <[email protected]> [14-12-15 07:52]:
>>>>> > Hi William,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks for your quick response.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I cannot really move to the debian, as it has taken me a lot of
>>>>> effort :) ,
>>>>> > to understand my way around angstrom.. it will be very steep curve
>>>>> for me
>>>>> > as of now.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I was thinking, is there no way to create a new vfat partition on
>>>>> bbb, and
>>>>> > expose that on the thumbdrive, and let this default  one just remain
>>>>> > unmounted ?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I will readup on the read-only part.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Can you point me to some info on how/when does this partition get
>>>>> loaded ?
>>>>> > do we have some sort of hook that can be utilized ?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Can I not place the mlo/ig& env files at  a place where its picked
>>>>> by bbb ,
>>>>> > but not exposed over thumbdrive ?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Regards
>>>>> > Anubhav
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:57 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > *My users may accidentally delete the mlo/uboot/uenv files, if
>>>>> presented
>>>>> > >> over their desktop.*
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > There are a few ways to deal with this*. *Just do not mount the
>>>>> boot
>>>>> > > loader partition. Would probably be the easiest for you. If you
>>>>> want to do
>>>>> > > what I would consider "the right way", then put a modern Debian
>>>>> build from
>>>>> > > Robert on it, and that whole partition will not exist, and the
>>>>> bootloader
>>>>> > > files will be in a hole in the first 1M of the block device.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Aside from that, I do not think FAT/FAT32 partitions can be used
>>>>> with
>>>>> > > Linux permissions. However, you may be able to make the partition
>>>>> read
>>>>> > > only. Not sure on this, but if you're teaching students about he
>>>>> hardware /
>>>>> > > software. This may be preferable.
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Personally, I think "hiding" the files in the first 1M of disk
>>>>> space is
>>>>> > > the best way. Heck I've been using Linux for years, and I honestly
>>>>> have no
>>>>> > > idea how to reverse / mess that up. Eventually I'll have to read
>>>>> up on it
>>>>> > > myself, as it's pretty neat . . .
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Anubhav Goel <
>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>> > > wrote:
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Hi Kenny,
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> I have the same requirement, were you able to get any workaround
>>>>> to this ?
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> I looked into bbb to find any default locations , like
>>>>> /boot/uEnv.txt ..
>>>>> > >> but it doesnt work , if I delete the file from media , but the
>>>>> > >> /boot/uenv.txt file is not picked up.
>>>>> > >> I was unable to find any other place to store the mlo & img files
>>>>> either.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> My users may accidentally delete the mlo/uboot/uenv files, if
>>>>> presented
>>>>> > >> over their desktop.
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> Regards,
>>>>> > >> Anubhav
>>>>> > >>
>>>>> > >> On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 14:23:10 UTC+5:30, [email protected]
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> Hi all,
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> I am building a few prototype with Beaglebone Black.  I want to
>>>>> let the
>>>>> > >>> user to plug into the mini-USB port from a PC and copy a output
>>>>> file I
>>>>> > >>> stored in /media/BEAGLEBONE.  However, I don't want user to see
>>>>> all the
>>>>> > >>> documentation and tutorial of the BBB.  It seems like BBB will
>>>>> copy all
>>>>> > >>> these files during reboot.
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> I wonder if I can configure it without copying these files during
>>>>> > >>> reboot? or I can configure a different directory to show up
>>>>> while user plug
>>>>> > >>> in the mini-USB cable?  I can control where the output file go
>>>>> in my
>>>>> > >>> program.  Many thanks for any guidance.
>>>>> > >>>
>>>>> > >>> Kenny Lau
>>>>> > >>>
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