Thanks Robert! I'll give it a try. It sounds like 4 different images would be the limit using that strategy? Let's say I had a 256GB microSD card with 10 different partitions. Any idea on what I would have to change to be able to select one besides one of the first 4?
On Friday, September 18, 2020 at 8:55:48 AM UTC-6 RobertCNelson wrote: > On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 9:47 AM John Allwine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone partitioned a microSD card such that it can be booted into > different partitions on a Beaglebone Black or AI? How would I go about > doing something like that? I'd like to avoid needing to physically take out > the microSD card and potentially add bootable partitions over time. Would > that be doable from the Beaglebone itself? > > We use "/boot/uEnv.txt" as a trigger file.. > > Take an existing partition, shrink it to half, (dont' touch the 4mb > hole), then clone that partition to the empy space (and update it's > /etc/fstab).. > > On startup, u-boot will search the first 4 partitions for > "/boot/uEnv.txt" so either rename the one on the first partition to > the boot the second/etc.. > > There's probably a better way, but this will just work with the > existing setup with the fewest mod's.. > > 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/15487b80-ad54-40df-9079-e12f60368419n%40googlegroups.com.
