At Mon, 10 Feb 2020 15:40:20 -0500 [email protected] wrote: > > On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 13:40:30 -0800 (PST), in > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user KenUnix > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >You can always connect to a network or directly to a laptop using a regular > >ethernet cable.
You need two "regular" (straight) cables and a Ethernet switch [router] (or one cable and a wireless router, if the laptop can connect wirelessly). You connect use a "regular" ethernet cable to connect two computers. Somewhere there needs to be a dhcp server (typically included in a consumer grade [wireless] router). OR a crossover cable to connect the Beagle and a Laptop. The laptop will need to be running a DHCP server. Or you would need to somehow connect to the beagle to set a fixed IP address (ditto for the laptop, but that will be trivial, since the laptop will have a keyboard & screen). > > > > > >Op ma 10 feb. 2020 03:18 schreef KenUnix > ><[email protected]>: > > > >> > >> I would like to get a Beagle Black up and running. I would like to manage > >> it from a laptop using either Ethernet or USB > >> Special software for the P.C.? Would I need a flipped Ethernet or flipped > >> USB cable? > >> > > Using the RNDIS USB connection will mean the BBB does not have access > to the internet, unless one has managed to configure Internet Connection > Sharing (Windows; not sure what equivalent is for other OS). > . > If the laptop is connecting to a router the easiest route is to run a > CAT-5 (or better) cable from the BBB to the same router. That would give it > access to the internet (needed for doing software updates), and make it > available (at least, most modern routers should do the DNS translation) as > either "beaglebone" or "beaglebone.local". > > >> Can I get Debian or Ubuntu pre-loaded on an SD-CARD somewhere? > >> > > It should have Debian on the on-board eMMC, though 4GB gets a bit tight > if it is running an LXQT (X-Window) image. Standard images are at > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images . Use Etcher to write to an SD card > (8+GB recommended -- especially for LXQT images). I've used the IoT image > to reflash the eMMC and free up some space. > > Though we seem to be a version behind -- the images at that site are > still Stretch (v9) and not Buster (v10). {There are development images > available for Buster} > > Most recent BBBs should load the SD card image (I believe they start > with the u-Boot located in the eMMC, and IT determines that an SD card > image is available, whereupon it configures to load from SD card. OLD > u-Boots did not do this, and required one to hold down the boot-select > button to force full loading from SD card). One of the first steps to do on > an SD card is run the script to reset the partition size, so the full card > is available. > > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Cell: 413-658-7953 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/20200210205830.7865126C0173%40sharky3.deepsoft.com.
