Hi all, I have an Cubox i4 pro, I have the Jessie RC2 image already ( Armhf ),
I have Jessie on a Pandaboard ES ( 4460 ), and am looking at dropping it onto A Beaglebone Black. I too can test the Cubox and report my findings. One quick question regarding ROS, I see that there is a testing set on the main page now for Debian. Is this effort being done by the ROS guys or the Deb Dev's?, I am interested as I am in the middle of putting together a Hexapod bot. Regards On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Karsten Merker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2015 at 02:04:22AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > As I get ready to follow this procedure on my new Cubox, I > > realize that some of the description is not completely clear to > > me… > > > > Please take a look at the interpretations below and tell me if > > I’m confused… Thanks > > > > > On Apr 2, 2015, at 6:12 AM, Karsten Merker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 03:11:06AM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > > >>> > > >>> What do I need to do to get up-to-date Wheezy (or failing that, > > >>> Jessie) installed on my brand-new Cubox-i4pro? The download > > >>> from Solid-run is now 9 months old. > > >> > > >> I do not have a Cubox-i4pro, but in theory the following > > >> instructions (which assume a serial console on the "service > > >> port") should result in a working Jessie install: > > >> > > >> a) Unpack the tarball at > > >> > > >> > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/hd-media.tar.gz > > >> > > >> onto a FAT16/FAT32/ext2/ext3/ext4-formatted USB stick > > > > So — my interpretation of this translates into the following shell > commands: > > > > cd /tmp > > wget > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/hd-media.tar.gz > > mkfs -t ext2 /dev/usbstick > > mkdir /tmp/hdmedia > > mount -v /dev/usbstick /tmp/hdmedia > > cd /tmp/hdmedia > > tar xpvf /tmp/hdmedia.tar.gz > > > > >> and copy the CD ISO image from > > >> > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/jessie_di_rc2/armhf/iso-cd/debian-jessie-DI-rc2-armhf-CD-1.iso > > >> onto the USB stick as well. > > > > cd /tmp/hdmedia > > wget > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/jessie_di_rc2/armhf/iso-cd/debian-jessie-DI-rc2-armhf-CD-1.iso > > cd ~ > > umount -v /tmp/hdmedia > > Just take a standard-format USB stick like it comes freshly out > of the package (i.e. the stick has a partition table and one > FAT32 partition), mount the partition, unpack the tarball on it > and download the ISO image to it. E.g. something along the > lines of > > mount /dev/sdX1 /mnt > cd /mnt > wget > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/hd-media/hd-media.tar.gz > tar -zxvf hd-media.tar.gz > wget > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/jessie_di_rc2/armhf/iso-cd/debian-jessie-DI-rc2-armhf-CD-1.iso > cd > umount /mnt > > Using a "superfloppy" style format, i.e. a filesystem that covers > the whole stick without a partition table, does not work, which > is why your "mkfs -t ext2 /dev/usbstick" would be wrong if > /dev/usbstick is the raw device and not the first partition. > > > >> b) create a Micro-SD card with u-boot for the Cubox-i4pro by > > >> writing the image at > > >> > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/u-boot/MX6_Cubox-i/MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz > > >> to it. > > > > fdisk /dev/uSDcard > > u # change units to sectors > > o # create a virgin DOS partition table > > n # create a partition > > p # make it a primary partition > > # default start > > # default end > > p # make sure you’ve got it right > > # should see first partition starting at sector 32 and ending at > the size of the uSDcard > > w # write the new partition table > > > > cd /tmp > > wget > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/u-boot/MX6_Cubox-i/MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz > > gunzip MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz > > dd if=MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img of=/dev/uSDcard1 # write the raw > image to the first partition > > That won't work - the image is a raw SD card image, not a > partition image. Don't make a partition table on the SD card, > just copy the image onto the raw card: > > cd /tmp > wget > http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-armhf/current/images/u-boot/MX6_Cubox-i/MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz > zcat MX6_Cubox-i.sdcard.img.gz > /dev/sdY > sync > > where /dev/sdY is the raw SD card device. > > > PS: Is this procedure described anywhere in the release documentation? > > (I’d be happy to RTFM if I could figure out what FM I should R…) > > Not yet fully, I am currently working on updating the installation-guide. > > Btw, since today there is also another installation option that > involves only an SD card: > > cd /tmp > wget > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armhf/daily/netboot/SD-card-images/firmware.MX6_Cubox-i.img.gz > wget > http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armhf/daily/netboot/SD-card-images/partition.img.gz > zcat firmware.MX6_Cubox-i.img.gz partition.img.gz > /dev/sdZ > sync > > with /dev/sdZ being the raw device for the SD card. This results > in an SD card that contains both u-boot and the netboot > installer, which loads everything else it needs over the network. > During the installation, you can simply repartition the SD card > and delete/overwrite any existing filesystem on it; i.e. you > simply replace the installer by the final installation. Once the > installer has started, it does not need anything from the SD card > anymore. > > Regards, > Karsten > -- > Gem. Par. 28 Abs. 4 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz widerspreche ich der Nutzung > sowie der Weitergabe meiner personenbezogenen Daten für Zwecke der > Werbung sowie der Markt- oder Meinungsforschung. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- “Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition.” Alan Turing
