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[1/1] how to install output/img on the beaglebone

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Guillaume Bres Aug. 21, 2016, 3 p.m. UTC
readme.txt could use a little more information on what to install
and how to install it. I simply copied the content of
board/acmesystems/arietta-g25/readme.txt.

Signed-off-by: Guillaume W. Bres <guillaume.bressaix@gmail.com>
---
 board/beaglebone/readme.txt | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

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Baruch Siach Aug. 21, 2016, 3:11 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Guillaume W. Bres,

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 05:00:06PM +0200, Guillaume W. Bres wrote:
> readme.txt could use a little more information on what to install
> and how to install it. I simply copied the content of
> board/acmesystems/arietta-g25/readme.txt.

Have you tested that following these instructions lead to a working BeagleBone 
system?

baruch

> Signed-off-by: Guillaume W. Bres <guillaume.bressaix@gmail.com>
> ---
>  board/beaglebone/readme.txt | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/board/beaglebone/readme.txt b/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
> index 43ebe53..664bde2 100644
> --- a/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
> +++ b/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
> @@ -32,3 +32,13 @@ After building, you should get a tree like this:
>    ├── u-boot.img
>    ├── uEnv.txt
>    └── zImage
> +
> +How to write the microSD card
> +=============================
> +
> +Once the build process is finished you will have an image called "sdcard.img"
> +in the output/images/ directory.
> +
> +Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
> +
> +  $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX
Guillaume Bres Aug. 21, 2016, 5:15 p.m. UTC | #2
>
> Have you tested that following these instructions lead to a working
> BeagleBone
> system?
>
> baruch


yes it works perfectly fine

Guillaume William Bres-Saix
Software engineer - NIST
325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305
<guillaume.bressaix@gmail.com>

2016-08-21 17:11 GMT+02:00 Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>:

> Hi Guillaume W. Bres,
>
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 05:00:06PM +0200, Guillaume W. Bres wrote:
> > readme.txt could use a little more information on what to install
> > and how to install it. I simply copied the content of
> > board/acmesystems/arietta-g25/readme.txt.
>
> Have you tested that following these instructions lead to a working
> BeagleBone
> system?
>
> baruch
>
> > Signed-off-by: Guillaume W. Bres <guillaume.bressaix@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  board/beaglebone/readme.txt | 10 ++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/board/beaglebone/readme.txt b/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
> > index 43ebe53..664bde2 100644
> > --- a/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
> > +++ b/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
> > @@ -32,3 +32,13 @@ After building, you should get a tree like this:
> >    ├── u-boot.img
> >    ├── uEnv.txt
> >    └── zImage
> > +
> > +How to write the microSD card
> > +=============================
> > +
> > +Once the build process is finished you will have an image called
> "sdcard.img"
> > +in the output/images/ directory.
> > +
> > +Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
> > +
> > +  $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX
>
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Baruch Siach Aug. 21, 2016, 6:01 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi Guillaume,

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 07:15:41PM +0200, Guillaume William Bres wrote:
> > Have you tested that following these instructions lead to a working
> > BeagleBone
> > system?
> 
> yes it works perfectly fine

Great. You should mention it in the commit log then.

baruch
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diff --git a/board/beaglebone/readme.txt b/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
index 43ebe53..664bde2 100644
--- a/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
+++ b/board/beaglebone/readme.txt
@@ -32,3 +32,13 @@  After building, you should get a tree like this:
   ├── u-boot.img
   ├── uEnv.txt
   └── zImage
+
+How to write the microSD card
+=============================
+
+Once the build process is finished you will have an image called "sdcard.img"
+in the output/images/ directory.
+
+Copy the bootable "sdcard.img" onto an SD card with "dd":
+
+  $ sudo dd if=output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdX