[beagleboard] Re: Make a backup of contents of one beaglebone black and install said contents on a second BBB

2016-02-05 Thread canis
On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 6:12:45 PM UTC-8, canis wrote: > > Hi Wally, > > Thanks for getting back. Missed getting back yesterday- I'll try > following your suggestions tonight. > > (I'm a bit fearful of accidentally altering the board I'm trying to copy). > > Canis > > On Tuesday,

[beagleboard] Re: Make a backup of contents of one beaglebone black and install said contents on a second BBB

2016-02-04 Thread canis
On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 6:12:45 PM UTC-8, canis wrote: > > Hi Wally, > > Thanks for getting back. Missed getting back yesterday- I'll try > following your suggestions tonight. > > (I'm a bit fearful of accidentally altering the board I'm trying to copy). > > Canis > > On Tuesday,

[beagleboard] Re: Make a backup of contents of one beaglebone black and install said contents on a second BBB

2016-02-04 Thread canis
Hi Wally, Thanks for getting back. Missed getting back yesterday- I'll try following your suggestions tonight. (I'm a bit fearful of accidentally altering the board I'm trying to copy). Canis On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 2:39:34 PM UTC-8, Wally Bkg wrote: > > I'll try to walk you through

[beagleboard] Re: Make a backup of contents of one beaglebone black and install said contents on a second BBB

2016-02-02 Thread Wally Bkg
I'll try to walk you through this, step by step but it may take awhile. I'll try to check this thread everyday. Since you are using the eMMC the easiest backup will be if you can "hot plug" a micro SD card. Get an 8GB Class 10 card. After you boot your Beaglebone open a terminal window (the

[beagleboard] Re: Make a backup of contents of one beaglebone black and install said contents on a second BBB

2016-02-01 Thread canis
Hi Wally Many thanks. I'll apologize in advance- there are terms I'm not familiar with; I fear I'll have to take small steps First question, is your system running from an SD card or the eMMC? Running the eMMC If running from an SD card, just "clone" or duplicate the card using Windows or

[beagleboard] Re: Make a backup of contents of one beaglebone black and install said contents on a second BBB

2016-01-31 Thread Wally Bkg
First question, is your system running from an SD card or the eMMC? If running from an SD card, just "clone" or duplicate the card using Windows or Linux tools. If its running from the eMMC (on-board storage). It'll require knowing some Linux commands. For a beginner, I'd suggest