Thanks for the hint. 
*> "set the SD card as boot media"*: 
I did not have to do anything apart from flashing the SD with the relevant 
image, insert in the slot and power on. Then it automatically boots on the 
flash. *Right*? or at least that's what i saw.

For supplement information: The SD card will be mounted as /dev/mmcblk*0*p1 
 and if you boot from eMMC (or mount it) the eMMC will be mounted as 
/dev/mmcblk*1*p1.
The command df will show which of those is mounted. This may come handy if 
experimenting with different boot sources.


On Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at 5:17:09 PM UTC+2, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 07:05:12 -0700 (PDT), 
> [email protected] <javascript:> declaimed the 
> following: 
>
> >I installed new software items (LXDE) on BBB. After some minutes the eMMC 
> >flash was filled and the disk converted to Read Only. System blocked. I 
> can 
> >restore the eMMC but this does not *solve the fundamental problem*: 
> > 
> >*What is "the best"/good practice to make BBB use the external and large 
> >enough SD flash in a way so the eMMC is not limiting the storage for 
> >programs?* 
> > 
>
>         Well.. If you set the SD card as the boot media, it won't touch 
> the 
> eMMC at all 
> -- 
>         Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN 
>     [email protected] <javascript:>    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ 
>
>

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