View source for Installing Ubuntu 9.04 on Gumstix Overo

==Instructions==


For some installation instructions for Ubuntu on the Gumstix Overo, [http://johnwoconnor.blogspot.com/2009/04/installing-ubuntu-on-gumstix-overo.html click here].  It's a mashup of some other tutorials that results in a working installation of Ubuntu 9.04.



Also, the [http://johnwoconnor.blogspot.com/2009/04/ubuntu-904-on-gumstick.html previous post] has some images.  Video to come.



John O'Connor <john.oconnor@myokapi.net>



==Tips==

===Serial terminal may appear to hang===

If you're interfacing with your Overo with the USB serial terminal, keep in mind that you won't see the 'login:' prompt after booting Ubuntu unless you configure getty to listen on /dev/ttyS2. You'll need to do this while your MicroSD card is still mounted on another host.

<pre>
# cat > /path/to/rootfs/etc/event.d/ttyS2 <<EOF
start on runlevel 2
start on runlevel 3
start on runlevel 4
start on runlevel 5

stop on runlevel 0

respawn
exec /sbin/getty 115200 ttyS2
EOF
</pre>


You will also need to add ttyS2 to /etc/securetty to allow root logins there:

<pre>
# echo "ttyS2" > /path/to/rootfs/etc/securetty
</pre>










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