> > > So, why do you state "Robert's Debian images have not used a two > partition > > layout in quite some times now"? Please explain. There were two > partitions > > on the SD card that I flashed with the 7.9 image above. The smaller > > partition was the FAT32 one that shows up as a drive in Windows if I > connect > > the Beaglebone to a Windows host with a USB cable. This smaller partition > > has mostly getting-started documents. > > On newer image's we use an *.img file instead of a hard-coded fat32 > partition... >
I'm adding on to what Robert has already said. It's been a long time since there were two paritions on any Debian image. The main reason as I understand it is that there was a ~100M FAT partition because MLO, and u-boot.img needed a place to live. Passed that, g_multi( g_mass_storage ) *has to have* a path to export, so since the FAT partition was already needed, it was also used for that purpose. But a long time ago, I do not remember exact time frame, but Robert probably could. Robert did away with the FAT partition because a lot of inexperienced people were deleting files, and causing their boards being unable to boot. This was done by putting MLO / u-boot.img into the MBR of the disk. So for a long time there was no FAT partition, and only one ext4 partition. As far as how Robert dealt with g_multi needing a path . .. yeah I do not know, or care. I do not use it. Anyway, you have a "real" FAT living right here: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sdb1 8:17 1 96M 0 part /media/vladimir/BEAGLEBONE How or why, I do not know, and yes I suppose that could be an ext4 partition, but that would make far less sense. I'm pretty sure thats a FAT partition. On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 11:50 AM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Vladimir Gusiatnikov > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is what the instructions state on > > http://beagleboard.org/getting-started : > > > > Update board with latest software > > > > Step #1: Download the latest software image > > > > Download the desired image from https://beagleboard.org/latest-images. > > > > > > and the above link, https://beagleboard.org/latest-images , is precisely > > where I got the image on the SD card in question from: > > > > Wheezy for BeagleBone, BeagleBone Black and SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green > via > > microSD card > > > > Debian 7.9 (BeagleBone, BeagleBone Black, SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green - > 4GB > > SD) 2015-11-12 - more info - bmap - sha256sum: > > f6e67ba01ff69d20f2c655f5e429c3e6c2398123bcd3d8d548460c597275d277 > > > > > > Why am I using 7.9 and not 8.4? Because I need kernel 3.8.x for the cape > I > > am using. The cape is unsupported under 4.x kernels. > > in 8.4 you can do: > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.8.13-bone79 > > There back to 3.8.x based kernel ;) > > > So, why do you state "Robert's Debian images have not used a two > partition > > layout in quite some times now"? Please explain. There were two > partitions > > on the SD card that I flashed with the 7.9 image above. The smaller > > partition was the FAT32 one that shows up as a drive in Windows if I > connect > > the Beaglebone to a Windows host with a USB cable. This smaller partition > > has mostly getting-started documents. > > On newer image's we use an *.img file instead of a hard-coded fat32 > partition... > > > If the 7.9 images are no longer supported, Beaglebone should say so and > not > > suggest them as latest images. > > "supported" is a loose term.. If you want 100% fully supported, you'll > need to bug someone who get's paid to do this. (i don't get $ for > it.) > > > > > Also, can you please kindly explain "check your link, as in reload the > page. > > It no longer exists"? I didn't put in a full link below to save space. > The > > full link to the instructions that I followed that yielded an SD card > with > > greatly diminished capacity was provided by Robert above in the second > reply > > to the original post, > > > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Expanding_File_System_Partition_On_A_microSD > > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYioykuXx43wvLWYOga-xMeA2AJ9%2Bq8DuDz5dkjBu5hryg%40mail.gmail.com > . > 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORrh63J12fdVR0fKj-fMF50bj44fYSj__s7Oz%3DgpCm%2BQ-g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
