On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> wrote: > > having been away from my BBB for a couple months, i just want to > clarify the latest content i can download and play with. > > for a class i'm teaching in a couple weeks which will incorporate > the BBB (2G version), i'm interested in: > > * recent bootable image > * matching flashable image > * from-scratch build which would (ideally) match the above > > so far, here's what i've found. > > in terms of pre-built images, i'm looking at > http://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/, and since i'm happy to live > dangerously, i'm looking at "testing/2015-03-08" and, since i can > currently live without a graphical interface, i assume i want the > directory "console", but i'm a bit confused about the files i find > there: > > http://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2015-03-08/console/ > > what means "blank" in the image filenames? and "BBG"? a README in some > of those directories would be useful.
The "blank/BBG" are custom builds for oem's (CircuitCo), not for general consumption. > also, in terms of building from scratch, i'm looking at this: > > https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black > > and figure i can use that as a starting point, and just update > references to the latest branch for some of the software. > > anyway, i just want to write a short tutorial to get students up and > running with their own working BBB by the end of the first day, so > condensing a lot of that info down to the bare minimum is what i'm > after. 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
