Ah, but I keep forgetting . . . I can do this personally because I boot NFS root . . . with tons of additional space left. So unles you're able to get NFS root working, or use a USB thumb( USB host on the BBB ) drive this won't work.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 12:45 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, for the record Win32imager is garbage, and is one reason why I > recommend setting up either a real machine, or virtual machine with Linux ( > preferably Debian ) when developing for the beaglebone black. > > There is also another options Phil. You can use the beaglebone to write > the image for you. It's kind of convoluted, but you can build the image on > your virtual machine, then use sshfs or some other method to transfer the > file to the beaglebone. This is of course assuming you're able to boot from > eMMC. > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 12:40 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So short version. . . >> >> Virtualbox main screen -> click settings. >> subsection "USB" -> click it. >> On the USB filter section - Far right - Click the second from the top >> icon that looks like a pen with a plus sign on it. >> >> From here, a fly out will popup listing the USB devices virtualbox sees. >> If your card reader is like most, and is USB based, it should be listed >> here. Granted, it may be listed as "unknown device" in which case you'll >> have to experiment and find out which device it is. I would highly >> recommend disconnecting all other USB storage devices when doing this. To >> avoid complications related to finding your actual card reader. >> >> Once enabling a USB filter on a specific device, click OK, and restart / >> start your virtual machine. Test / check until you've found the right >> device. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 12:26 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Guys . . it's not the boot bit, and it's not the virtual machine. I use >>> virtualbox _all_the_time_ and have no such issues. >>> >>> @Phil >>> >>> What sdcard reader does your laptop have in it ? Name brand, and type. >>> Chances are pretty good that you're just unaware of how to setup such >>> devices in the virtualbox config. However, it's not garunteed. Some( a very >>> few ) devices refuse to work no matter what you do. But I've yet to >>> personally run into one that won't. Out of the last 3 laptops I've owned >>> over the last 8 or so years . . . >>> >>> Anyhow if i can get the above information from you, I can probably help >>> you out in setting it up correctly. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Did you set the "boot" bit on the uSD card? >>>> > --- Graham >>>> >>>> 'boot' bit is set in the raw *.img >>>> >>>> If the vm skipped setting that one bit, who knows what else it >>>> skipped.. :) >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Robert Nelson >>>> https://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. >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- 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.
