My notes, based on http:\/\/gumstix.org\/create-a-bootable-microsd-card.html<\/p>\n
\r\nfdisk -l \/dev\/sdd\r\n\r\nDisk \/dev\/sdd: 32.2 GB, 32191283200 bytes\r\n255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 3913 cylinders\r\nUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes\r\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\r\nI\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\r\nDisk identifier: 0x00000000\r\n\r\n Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System\r\n\/dev\/sdd1 1 3914 31432704 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)\r\n<\/pre>\nCalculate number of cylinders required:<\/p>\n
\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# bc -l\r\nbc 1.06.95\r\nCopyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\r\nThis is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.\r\nFor details type `warranty'. \r\n32191283200\/255\/63\/512\r\n3913.70059134765017117958\r\nquit\r\n<\/pre>\nWipe the SD card:<\/p>\n
\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# dd if=\/dev\/zero of=\/dev\/sdd bs=1024 count=1024\r\n1024+0 records in\r\n1024+0 records out\r\n1048576 bytes (1.0 MB) copied, 2.84156 s, 369 kB\/s\r\n<\/pre>\nParition the disk:<\/p>\n
\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# sfdisk --force -D -uS -H 255 -S 63 -C 3913 \/dev\/sdd\r\nChecking that no-one is using this disk right now ...\r\nOK\r\n\r\nDisk \/dev\/sdd: 3913 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors\/track\r\n\r\nsfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an MSDOS signature\r\n \/dev\/sdd: unrecognised partition table type\r\nOld situation:\r\nNo partitions found\r\nInput in the following format; absent fields get a default value.\r\n<start> <size> <type [E,S,L,X,hex]> <bootable [-,*]> <c,h,s> <c,h,s>\r\nUsually you only need to specify <start> and <size> (and perhaps <type>).\r\n\r\n\/dev\/sdd1 :128,130944,0x0C,*\r\n\/dev\/sdd1 * 128 131071 130944 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)\r\n\/dev\/sdd2 :131072,,,-\r\n\/dev\/sdd2 131072 62873599 62742528 83 Linux\r\n\/dev\/sdd3 :\r\n\/dev\/sdd3 1 127 127 83 Linux\r\n\/dev\/sdd4 :\r\n\/dev\/sdd4 0 - 0 0 Empty\r\nNew situation:\r\nUnits = sectors of 512 bytes, counting from 0\r\n\r\n Device Boot Start End #sectors Id System\r\n\/dev\/sdd1 * 128 131071 130944 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)\r\n\/dev\/sdd2 131072 62873599 62742528 83 Linux\r\n\/dev\/sdd3 1 127 127 83 Linux\r\n\/dev\/sdd4 0 - 0 0 Empty\r\nWarning: partition 1 does not end at a cylinder boundary\r\nDo you want to write this to disk? [ynq] y\r\nSuccessfully wrote the new partition table\r\n\r\nRe-reading the partition table ...\r\n\r\nIf you created or changed a DOS partition, \/dev\/foo7, say, then use dd(1)\r\nto zero the first 512 bytes: dd if=\/dev\/zero of=\/dev\/foo7 bs=512 count=1\r\n(See fdisk(8).)\r\n<\/pre>\nFormat the paritions:<\/p>\n
\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# mkfs.vfat -F 32 \/dev\/sdd1 -n boot\r\nmkfs.vfat 3.0.7 (24 Dec 2009)\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# mke2fs -j -L rootfs \/dev\/sdd2\r\nmke2fs 1.41.11 (14-Mar-2010)\r\nFilesystem label=rootfs\r\nOS type: Linux\r\nBlock size=4096 (log=2)\r\nFragment size=4096 (log=2)\r\nStride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks\r\n1962240 inodes, 7842816 blocks\r\n392140 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user\r\nFirst data block=0\r\nMaximum filesystem blocks=4294967296\r\n240 block groups\r\n32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group\r\n8176 inodes per group\r\nSuperblock backups stored on blocks: \r\n\t32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, \r\n\t4096000\r\n\r\nWriting inode tables: done \r\nCreating journal (32768 blocks): done\r\nWriting superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done\r\n\r\nThis filesystem will be automatically checked every 21 mounts or\r\n180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.\r\n<\/pre>\nMount the partitions and copy the current root to them:<\/p>\n
\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# sudo mkdir \/media\/{boot,rootfs}\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# sudo mount -t vfat \/dev\/sdd1 \/media\/boot\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# sudo mount -t ext3 \/dev\/sdd2 \/media\/rootfs\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# cd \/media\/boot\/\r\nroot@ubuntu:\/media\/boot# ls\r\nroot@ubuntu:\/media\/boot# cd ~\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# wget http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/MLO\r\n--2011-11-21 11:31:12-- http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/MLO\r\nResolving cumulus.gumstix.org... 74.3.164.55\r\nConnecting to cumulus.gumstix.org|74.3.164.55|:80... connected.\r\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK\r\nLength: 24304 (24K)\r\nSaving to: `MLO'\r\n\r\n100% 24,304 49.8K\/s in 0.5s \r\n\r\n2011-11-21 11:31:13 (49.8 KB\/s) - `MLO' saved [24304\/24304]\r\n\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# mv MLO \/media\/boot\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# wget http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/u-boot.bin\r\n--2011-11-21 11:31:48-- http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/u-boot.bin\r\nResolving cumulus.gumstix.org... 74.3.164.55\r\nConnecting to cumulus.gumstix.org|74.3.164.55|:80... connected.\r\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK\r\nLength: 269120 (263K) [application\/octet-stream]\r\nSaving to: `u-boot.bin'\r\n\r\n100% 269,120 199K\/s in 1.3s \r\n\r\n2011-11-21 11:31:49 (199 KB\/s) - `u-boot.bin' saved [269120\/269120]\r\n\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# mv u-boot.bin \/media\/boot\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# wget http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/uImage\r\n--2011-11-21 11:32:08-- http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/uImage\r\nResolving cumulus.gumstix.org... 74.3.164.55\r\nConnecting to cumulus.gumstix.org|74.3.164.55|:80... connected.\r\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK\r\nLength: 3091308 (2.9M) \r\nSaving to: `uImage'\r\n\r\n100% 3,091,308 205K\/s in 15s \r\n\r\n2011-11-21 11:32:23 (196 KB\/s) - `uImage' saved [3091308\/3091308]\r\n\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# mv uImage \/media\/boot\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# wget http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/omap3-desktop-image-overo.tar.bz2\r\n--2011-11-21 11:34:06-- http:\/\/cumulus.gumstix.org\/images\/angstrom\/developer\/current\/omap3-desktop-image-overo.tar.bz2\r\nResolving cumulus.gumstix.org... 74.3.164.55\r\nConnecting to cumulus.gumstix.org|74.3.164.55|:80... connected.\r\nHTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK\r\nLength: 234752536 (224M) [application\/x-bzip2]\r\nSaving to: `omap3-desktop-image-overo.tar.bz2'\r\n\r\n100% 234,752,536 396K\/s in 13m 58s \r\n\r\n2011-11-21 11:48:04 (274 KB\/s) - `omap3-desktop-image-overo.tar.bz2' saved [234752536\/234752536]\r\n\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# tar xaf omap3-desktop-image-overo.tar.bz2 -C \/media\/rootfs\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# ls \/media\/rootfs\/\r\nbin boot dev etc home lib linuxrc lost+found media mnt proc sbin sys tmp usr var\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# sync\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# umount \/media\/boot\r\nroot@ubuntu:~# umount \/media\/rootfs\r\n<\/pre>\nNetwork config<\/h2>\n
If your using a board with a network interface and want to use this at first boot:<\/p>\n
edit \/etc\/network\/interfaces<\/p>\n
Add the following for a static config:<\/p>\n
\r\nauto eth0\r\niface eth0 inet static\r\naddress 192.168.0.7\r\nnetmask 255.255.255.0\r\ngateway 192.168.0.254\r\n<\/pre>\nor uncomment the following for a dynamic config:<\/p>\n
\r\nauto eth0\r\niface eth0 inet dhcp\r\n<\/pre>\nFin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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