Thank you for help! I followed this link to get it done. :) https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Expanding_File_System_Partition_On_A_microSD
Thanks. /Ash On Friday, March 26, 2021 at 1:55:10 AM UTC+9 Dennis Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:20:26 -0700 (PDT), in > gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user ASH KR > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Hi, > >Since first when I have the new BB, I successfully booted it from already > >flashed image in 4gb eMMC. I need to install some libraries and other > stuff > >related to Qt, so there is no space left on eMMC. I wish to use SD slot > for > >my work from now. I flashed the image to SD and plugged it into BB, power > >on while pressing the 'boot' button keep it booted but when i check the > >storage using 'df -h' it doesn't show it. Please suggest. I am new to > this. > > Any Beagle made in the last few years should not need you to hold down > the boot select switch. The u-Boot (in eMMC) should detect that there is an > OS on the uSD card, and will transfer to use that card for the rest of the > boot process. > > > > >What is the best way to use both eMMC and SD together OR separately ? > > > >Is it possible to use it like... > >1. eMMC (boot) + SD (further install) > >2. SD (boot + install) > > When using a uSD card, #2 is the normal operation mode. Option #1 will > be problematic to set up as the card needs to be NON-Bootable; you'd have > to mount the card after the Beagle has booted from eMMC, and then create > mount points to overlay certain standard directories (/bin, etc.) -- which > would need have copies of everything from the equivalent eMMC directory. > After which, apt install should put the newly installed stuff into the uSD > directory. However, that can lead to some confusion -- as you may still > need to have LXQT on eMMC so the X environment is started early. > > My recommendation -- just get a large uSD card, burn a recent image to > it, boot it, then run the partition expansion script to make the whole card > available. > > > -- > Dennis L Bieber > > -- 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/74b2faf6-717e-45ae-88bb-fbceb31d5bban%40googlegroups.com.
