On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:02 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been running Angstrom on the BBB for some time now, however I would
> prefer a OS that does not need a battery backup I have found that just
> switching OFF the BBB (with Angstrom or Debian) causes startup problems due
> to improper shutdowns.
>
> Is it possible to avoid this by using android OS instead, or does this also
> need a battery backup to allow for a proper shutdown process ??
>
> I have seen many Android TV stick devices running via USB or HDMI, but these
> do not have battery backup, but instead rely on a TV for power. How are
> these devices able to prevent shutdown problems ??
>
> The application I am planning to run will not use the SDcard or any other
> backup devices, the application will reside in the SDCard though , but
> hopefully would run entirely from the RAM. This way I hope to prevent any
> problems due to improper shutdown...

Have a look at this:
http://armsdr.blogspot.ch/2014/11/beaglebone-debian-read-only-filesystem.html
and this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/109413/how-do-i-use-overlayfs

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