Dennis, If I run off the microSD card then how would I burn a backup copy of the system?
Ken On Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 7:04:33 PM UTC-4, Dennis Bieber wrote: > > On Sun, 8 Mar 2020 13:11:01 -0700 (PDT), in > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user KenUnix > <ken.unix.guy-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > >*What I would like to know, is it possible to install programs on* > >*that drive instead of the eMMc card using sudo apt install.* > > > >For example: "sudo apt install bwbasic" ?? The flash drive is always > >mounted via /etc/fstab and connected via a 4-port powered USB > >hub along with a WiFi adapter to off-load power from the BBB. > > > > You would most likely have to: > > 1) duplicate the contents of /usr, /etc, /sbin, and /bin; maybe also /opt > to the flash drive > 2) mount the copies over the eMMC directories -- masking the eMMC contents > > >If that is not possible is there a list of safe things to remove using > >sudo apt remove or unneeded folders? > > > > Much easier to just use a larger/fast uSD card for booting and > save the > eMMC with just something like the IoT image for any recovery work needed > on > SD cards (remove card, reboot, insert card, mount card, do whatever to it) > > > > > -- > Dennis L Bieber > > -- 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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/5384008d-2971-4e5d-a3ea-e0e142cbbe25%40googlegroups.com.
