errr, ooops, you must make sure the boot partition is marked as active boot with fdisk.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:11 AM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. By using tar, and the "imaged" partition(s) would have to be > "offline". > Meaning you would have to put the sdcard into a system that was already > running Linux. Here is the gist of things: > http://www.aboutdebian.com/tar-backup.htm > > So anyway, once you have a rootfs backup, you'd have to use fdisk, or > sfdisk to create a new partition(s), then makefs to create the file > system(s) type that you wanted. Finally, tar the image onto the new > filesystem. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 8:39 AM, William Pretty Security < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Not to worry. >> >> I do have one question though. >> >> >> >> My actual image size is usually about 3GB, however I can only find 8GB >> uSD cards. >> >> I tried just formatting half of the card (4GB) but I still get an 8GB >> image, using the ‘standard’ imaging tools. >> >> Is there some way I can Image just the boot partition and the roofs? >> >> >> >> Thanks; >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> *On Behalf Of *William Hermans >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:26 AM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [beagleboard] Displaying GPS Data ? >> >> >> >> William, >> >> Sorry, the only notes I could find are rather incomplete, and I could not >> find the puTTY log sessions I used to have on my old laptop. I could piece >> together a couple of txt note files I kept that are sort of exact steps I >> used to create the whole setup. More or less. >> >> Something to consider though. I do not use the any of the "official" >> images for my own "production" images. I have kind of a what some may >> consider a "convoluted" setup. I use two images, both of which are NFS >> rootfs;s. One for development, and one for "production". The development >> image I use to install all necessary development tools such as gcc, >> build-esential, checkinstall, etc. On which I built my own version of >> nodejs( 0.10.29 if memory serves ). When then I created a Nodejs *deb >> package to install on the "production" image. >> >> My production image is pretty much just RCN's bare-fs rootfs, with a >> minimal set of what I consider necessary tools installed. openssh-server, >> psutils, ntpdate, etc. The whole thing including Nodejs sits( again, if >> memory serves ) at around 95M total size in flash though . . . which is why >> my setup is so convoluted . . . >> >> Anyway, if you're interested, let me know, and I will try to get you >> something as complete / accurate as possible. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:53 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> complete code for the Nodejs app >> >> index.js >> http://pastebin.com/w4PiZ23t >> >> index.html >> http://pastebin.com/vbDx1KG0 >> >> package.json: >> http://pastebin.com/u4vc0w8x >> >> It's a rather simple app, but it could be as complicated as one would >> like. I pastebin'd package.json so you would know which versions of >> express, and socket.io I used. Which can be pretty important if you're >> new to nodejs like I was when I first wrote this app . . . I also have >> noted somewhere but I'll have to dig for them, it's been several months >> since I learned / wrote this, and javascript / nodejs is not really one of >> my strong points . . . >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:32 PM, William Pretty Security < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks. That would be GREAT !! >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> *On Behalf Of *William Hermans >> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 10, 2015 3:51 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [beagleboard] Displaying GPS Data ? >> >> >> >> I did the same thing with a TEMPer v1.4 USB thermometer dongle. Running >> the application through Nodejs, and then parsing the output in a callback. >> Let me see if I can find my code, or notes. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:45 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Nodejs + child_process.exec to run the GPS executable, and then in a >> callback parse the output. Then do with it as you wish. Something like this: >> >> http://www.dzone.com/snippets/execute-unix-command-nodejs >> >> In that example though the person is just printing the output of pwd to >> stdout, etc. But the concept is the same-ish. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:25 PM, William Pretty Security < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Group; >> >> >> >> I have a webpage server running on a BBB. This page currently serves >> (streams) video from my robot. >> >> I would like to also display the Lat/Long from the onboard GPS. >> >> >> >> I have CGPS installed and working. It writes text to the console. >> >> What I would like to know is how to send this text to a text box or >> whatever on the web page. >> >> I’m thinking node.js + java script? >> >> >> >> Thanks; >> >> >> >> Bill >> >> >> >> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do >> nothing" Edmond Burke *(1729 - 1797)* >> >> >> http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book >> >> http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/bill-pretty/2b/b07/602 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4355/9986 - Release Date: 06/10/15 >> ------------------------------ >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4355/9986 - Release Date: 06/10/15 >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4355/9991 - Release Date: 06/10/15 >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4355/9986 - Release Date: 06/10/15 >> >> -- >> 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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