On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:07:46 AM UTC-5, Roger Quadros wrote:
> Hi Angel,
> 
> On 18/01/18 06:09, Angel Sosa wrote:
> > On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 11:51:57 AM UTC-5, marc bellazzini wrote:
> >> Hello Angel, 
> >> Mine is still collecting dust after my failed attempt at booting off the 
> >> eSATA and making the modifications you have also done. Very disappointing 
> >> since it was an expensive purchase. I am also awaiting a solution. The 
> >> directions on booting from eSATA were not very clear. 
> >>
> >>
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Angel Sosa <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Everyone,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  I am new to the X15. I have an XM since it came out and have done many 
> >> projects with it. I have recently purchased and X15. My desire is to 
> >> boot from a SATA drive connected to the ESATA port. I have verified when
> >>  booted from the MMC card the SATA drive is bootable, can mount and it 
> >> works well. I imaged the SATA drive with the X15 image, In my case SDA1 
> >>  is the first partition created. I have removed R444 and placed a jumper
> >>  I believe what is J3 pins 1-2 and have left the R444 resister solder 
> >> points/mounts empty. When I try to boot off of the SATA drive the board 
> >> times out and powers down. The instructions are  a little vague on the 
> >> on instructions with in the user manual. I had a similar problem when 
> >> the partition was enlarged on the MMC card to 32 gigs, the boot process 
> >> would timeout. I used the grow_partition.sh script which fixed the time 
> >> out issue with the MMC card. If I hold the X15 board orienting J3, J4,J6
> >>  at the upper right corner hand corner, And join pins 1-2 -- most left 
> >> hole moving right towards the center  pin, there orientation is 
> >> horizontal I believe. The board as I mention powers up and then times 
> >> out and shuts down. I have tried with the MMC in and out no avail. I 
> >> have also purchased two boards at a pretty steep price and would like to
> >>  pass them out to family members with the hopes of purchasing additional
> >>  boards. But the ESATA/SATA issue is stopping me and I don't want to 
> >> return the second board to DIGIKEY. I cant return the first board well 
> >> because I modified it by removing the resistor. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Is the image I used on the SATA drive incorrect or need an adjustment? Are 
> >> the PIN orientation as I understand it incorrect.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Held the X15 so that the ON switch is the upper left and jumpers are upper 
> >> right hand corner. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The drive spins up when I power up the board. So I know the ESATA port is 
> >> powering up with the board.
> >>
> >>                       1 2 3
> >>
> >> | Ethernet   |   | XX0 | J3 Short 1 and 2
> >>
> >> | Connector|   | 000 | J4
> >>
> >> |                 |   | 000 | J6
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Drive Manufacturer is the SEAGATE IRON WOLF. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Image:
> >>
> >> bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb.img.xz,
> >>
> >> I have also run ( apt-get -y update && and apt-get -y upgrade )
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Can you please help? Is there an alternate way of booting off of the ESATA 
> >> port
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Angel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:54:51 AM UTC-4, [email protected] 
> >> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I just purchased an X15 and the EMMC memory is rapidly filling up. 
> >>
> >> 1. Is there a way to boot from an external USB hard drive?
> >> or 
> >> 2. Can someone provide more detail directions on switching boot sequence 
> >> to boot directly from eSATA?
> >> The reference manual is very vague on this. You need to unsolder and 
> >> resolder resistors to act as jumpers? There are perforated holes in the 
> >> circuit board where the resistors and jumpers are supposed to be. Are the 
> >> resistors supplied? Are they on the board? If so where are they? What are 
> >> their values in Ohms? How are the perforations on the board numbered 1-3 
> >> from left to right or right to left? This needs to be much more detailed. 
> >> Why would you design a board that make switching the boot sequence so 
> >> difficult? How about just putting in some removable jumpers!
> >>
> >> Any detailed help and direction would be appreciated. 
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> MAB
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Hi Marc,
> >  One other detail, The SATA/ESATA is powered with an external power supply. 
> >  The ESATA port is not providing power to the drive itself. And in addition 
> > since I de-soldered R444 and added the headers to J3,J4 and J6, pins to 2-3 
> > are shorted.
> > 
> 
> X15 board can provide power over eSATA. The USB host controller driver needs 
> to be enabled for that though.
> However the power may be limited. I don't remember exactly but I think it is 
> 5V@1A.
> This is not sufficient for eSATA hard drives, but eSATA SSDs should work fine 
> I think.
> 
> To have rootfs working on eSATA you need to make the USB driver built-in the 
> kernel or use a initrd.
> 
> These are the kernel options.
> 
> CONFIG_USB_COMMON=y
> CONFIG_USB=y
> CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y
> CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PLATFORM=y
> 
> CONFIG_USB_DWC3=y
> CONFIG_USB_DWC3_DUAL_ROLE=y
> CONFIG_USB_DWC3_OMAP=y
> 
> CONFIG_USB_GADGET=y
> 
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> cheers,
> -roger
> 
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I am with you. I didnt know the compiler config options. Thanks for letting me 
know. 

Best Regards
Angel 

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