At Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:36:01 -0500 Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 3:29 PM Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > OK, I have a BeagleBone Black and a PocketBeagle on their way to me and have > > some microSD cards also on order. I am a long time Linux user and have 4 > > Raspberry Pis on my LAN. I generally prefer the command line. I have read > > the Getting Started guide (http://beagleboard.org/getting-started) and have > > a > > few questions: > > > > 1) What does Etcher do that 'xzcat image.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0' > > (this is > > what I have done with my Raspbian images) does not do? Do I really need to > > download this pointy-clicky app? I would rather not. > > It has a gui... Works on Windows/Mac/Linux... in your case just use dd.. OK, it just adds eye-candy.... > > > > > 2) The BeagleBone Black has a proper Ethernet jack and I'd just as soon > > *not* > > have the BeagleBone Black run its own DHCP server and instead use the DHCP > > server I already have on my LAN. Is there something I can do (eg tweak a > > file > > on the image once I put it on the SD card from my Linux laptop) to make it > > just do that? I can find its MAC address and update my DHCP server to give > > it > > an address of my choosing (and update my DNS database to give it a host > > name). > > Just plug it in, your dhcp server will give the BBB it's own ip.. We > only run a dhcp server on the "usbX" interface.. > OK, easy as Pi... I presume that sshd is enabled by default. > > > > 3) The PocketBeagle does not have a Ethernet jack, so I will be limited to > > using it tethered to connect to it from my computers (either my Laptop or > > one > > of my 'Pis). Will it be possible to ssh into it and use scp and/or rsync to > > move files and not bother with its silly pointy-clicky web interface? > > Just enable internet connection sharing on your "host" pc, connected > to the PocketBeagle over usb and then set your gateway/dns on the > PocketBeagle. I am not sure what that means under CentOS 6 or Raspbian. > > > > > 4) I guess the image files expand to a 4G file system, but the micro SD > > cards > > I will be using are 32G. I presume there is a utility to expand the file > > systems, once booted the first time? I didn't see anything about that on > > the > > Getting Started page... > > https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Expanding_File_System_Partition_On_A_microSD OK, I check that out. Thanks. > > Regards, > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services -- 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/20190324210122.05E5426C20DA%40sharky3.deepsoft.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
