Boot from MMC - Revision history

Ashcharles at 05:40, 23 September 2011

2011-09-23T05:40:46Z

Searchworks: remove spam

2010-11-23T23:06:13Z

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Aqisecoxefi at 22:38, 23 November 2010

2010-11-23T22:38:09Z

Sellis: Link to Overo instructions

2010-01-05T11:33:58Z

Link to Overo instructions

Donnay: undo

2009-09-10T18:15:49Z

undo

72.135.10.143: /* Partition the card */

2009-09-10T06:32:06Z

‎Partition the card

76.171.164.43: /* The fdisk command to create a new partition is 'n', not 'd'. */

2009-04-01T05:22:28Z

‎The fdisk command to create a new partition is 'n', not 'd'.

Geometrikal: link to thread

2009-02-13T00:05:51Z

link to thread

Geometrikal at 00:04, 13 February 2009

2009-02-13T00:04:38Z

Geometrikal at 12:24, 12 February 2009

2009-02-12T12:24:24Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:40, 23 September 2011
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−	~~The following instructions are for Gumstix Verdex boards. The~~ procedure for an Overo can be found [http://www.gumstix.~~net~~/~~Setup-and-Programming/view/Overo-Setup-and-Programming/Creating~~-a-bootable-~~microSD~~-card~~/111~~.html here.]	+	An updated procedure for both Overo and verdex pro boards can be found [http://www.gumstix.org/create-a-bootable-microsd-card.html here]; this procedure is left for reference only.

	This section describes how to boot off an MMC/microSD memory card. At the moment it is not possible to boot from microSDHC cards, usually the ones with more than 2GB capacity. This is because the high-speed drivers are not supported. See [http://www.nabble.com/Verdex---16GB-microSD-card-not-detected%2C-but-2GB-is.-td21975350.html this thread]		This section describes how to boot off an MMC/microSD memory card. At the moment it is not possible to boot from microSDHC cards, usually the ones with more than 2GB capacity. This is because the high-speed drivers are not supported. See [http://www.nabble.com/Verdex---16GB-microSD-card-not-detected%2C-but-2GB-is.-td21975350.html this thread]

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 The following instructions are for Gumstix Verdex boards. The procedure for an Overo can be found [http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Overo-Setup-and-Programming/Creating-a-bootable-microSD-card/111.html here.]
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 Delete any partitions on the disk, in this case there were two:
-&lt;pre&gt;
+<pre>
 Command (m for help): d
 Partition number (1-4): 1
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 Command (m for help): d
 Selected partition 2
-&lt;/pre&gt;
+</pre>
 Create the kernel partition:
-&lt;pre&gt;
+<pre>
 Command (m for help): n
 Partition number (1-4): 1
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 Command (m for help): n
 Selected partition 2
-&lt;/pre&gt;
+</pre>
 Set it to FAT16 file system:
-&lt;pre&gt;
+<pre>
 Command (m for help): t
 Selected partition 1
 Hex code (type L to list codes): 6
 Changed system type of partition 1 to 6 (FAT16)
-&lt;/pre&gt;
+</pre>
 Create the root fs partition:
-&lt;pre&gt;
+<pre>
 Command (m for help): n
 Command action
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 First cylinder (22-984, default 22): 22
 Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (22-984, default 984): 984
-&lt;/pre&gt;
+</pre>
 Save the partition table:
-&lt;pre&gt;
+<pre>
 Command (m for help): w
 The partition table has been altered!
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 information.
 Syncing disks.
-&lt;/pre&gt;
+</pre>
 == Format the card ==
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 Uncomment the line:
-  MACHINE_FEATURES  += &quot;mmcroot&quot;
+  MACHINE_FEATURES  += "mmcroot"
 The kernel will now build with the necessary drivers
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   cp $GUMSTIXTOP/tmp/deploy/glibc/images/gumstix-custom-verdex/uImage-2.6.21-r1-gumstix-custom-verdex.bin /media/gum-uimage/uimage
-Make sure the file on the card is named &lt;code&gt;uimage&lt;/code&gt;
+Make sure the file on the card is named <code>uimage</code>
 Copy the gumstix-factory.script to the uimage partition as well:
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 You should see comething similar to:
-&lt;pre&gt;
+<pre>
 U-Boot 1.2.0 (May 10 2008 - 21:22:03) - PXA270@600 MHz - 1604
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 Booting from mmc/microSD...
 Detected: 1985024 blocks of 1024 bytes (1938MB) SD card.
-Vendor: Man 03 OEM SD &quot;SU02G&quot; Date 06/2008
+Vendor: Man 03 OEM SD "SU02G" Date 06/2008
 Product: 1091675832
 Revision: 8.0
 reading uimage
-&lt;/pre&gt;
+</pre>
 followed by the rest of the boot process.
 [[Category:How_to_-_general]]

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 The following instructions are for Gumstix Verdex boards. The procedure for an Overo can be found [http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Overo-Setup-and-Programming/Creating-a-bootable-microSD-card/111.html here.]
@@ Line 13: / Line 21: @@
 Delete any partitions on the disk, in this case there were two:
-<pre>
+&lt;pre&gt;
 Command (m for help): d
 Partition number (1-4): 1
@@ Line 19: / Line 27: @@
 Command (m for help): d
 Selected partition 2
-</pre>
+&lt;/pre&gt;
 Create the kernel partition:
-<pre>
+&lt;pre&gt;
 Command (m for help): n
 Partition number (1-4): 1
@@ Line 29: / Line 37: @@
 Command (m for help): n
 Selected partition 2
-</pre>
+&lt;/pre&gt;
 Set it to FAT16 file system:
-<pre>
+&lt;pre&gt;
 Command (m for help): t
 Selected partition 1
 Hex code (type L to list codes): 6
 Changed system type of partition 1 to 6 (FAT16)
-</pre>
+&lt;/pre&gt;
 Create the root fs partition:
-<pre>
+&lt;pre&gt;
 Command (m for help): n
 Command action
@@ Line 51: / Line 59: @@
 First cylinder (22-984, default 22): 22
 Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (22-984, default 984): 984
-</pre>
+&lt;/pre&gt;
 Save the partition table:
-<pre>
+&lt;pre&gt;
 Command (m for help): w
 The partition table has been altered!
@@ Line 65: / Line 73: @@
 information.
 Syncing disks.
-</pre>
+&lt;/pre&gt;
 == Format the card ==
@@ Line 92: / Line 100: @@
 Uncomment the line:
-  MACHINE_FEATURES  += "mmcroot"
+  MACHINE_FEATURES  += &quot;mmcroot&quot;
 The kernel will now build with the necessary drivers
@@ Line 108: / Line 116: @@
   cp $GUMSTIXTOP/tmp/deploy/glibc/images/gumstix-custom-verdex/uImage-2.6.21-r1-gumstix-custom-verdex.bin /media/gum-uimage/uimage
-Make sure the file on the card is named <code>uimage</code>
+Make sure the file on the card is named &lt;code&gt;uimage&lt;/code&gt;
 Copy the gumstix-factory.script to the uimage partition as well:
@@ Line 126: / Line 134: @@
 You should see comething similar to:
-<pre>
+&lt;pre&gt;
 U-Boot 1.2.0 (May 10 2008 - 21:22:03) - PXA270@600 MHz - 1604
@@ Line 141: / Line 149: @@
 Booting from mmc/microSD...
 Detected: 1985024 blocks of 1024 bytes (1938MB) SD card.
-Vendor: Man 03 OEM SD "SU02G" Date 06/2008
+Vendor: Man 03 OEM SD &quot;SU02G&quot; Date 06/2008
 Product: 1091675832
 Revision: 8.0
 reading uimage
-</pre>
+&lt;/pre&gt;
 followed by the rest of the boot process.
 [[Category:How_to_-_general]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:33, 5 January 2010
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		+	The following instructions are for Gumstix Verdex boards. The procedure for an Overo can be found [http://www.gumstix.net/Setup-and-Programming/view/Overo-Setup-and-Programming/Creating-a-bootable-microSD-card/111.html here.]
		+
	This section describes how to boot off an MMC/microSD memory card. At the moment it is not possible to boot from microSDHC cards, usually the ones with more than 2GB capacity. This is because the high-speed drivers are not supported. See [http://www.nabble.com/Verdex---16GB-microSD-card-not-detected%2C-but-2GB-is.-td21975350.html this thread]		This section describes how to boot off an MMC/microSD memory card. At the moment it is not possible to boot from microSDHC cards, usually the ones with more than 2GB capacity. This is because the high-speed drivers are not supported. See [http://www.nabble.com/Verdex---16GB-microSD-card-not-detected%2C-but-2GB-is.-td21975350.html this thread]

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 This section describes how to boot off an MMC/microSD memory card. At the moment it is not possible to boot from microSDHC cards, usually the ones with more than 2GB capacity. This is because the high-speed drivers are not supported. See [http://www.nabble.com/Verdex---16GB-microSD-card-not-detected%2C-but-2GB-is.-td21975350.html this thread]
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 == Format the card ==

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-This section describes how to boot off an MMC memory card
+This section describes how to boot off an MMC/microSD memory card. At the moment it is not possible to boot from microSDHC cards, usually the ones with more than 2GB capacity. This is because the high-speed drivers are not supported. See this thread. [http://www.nabble.com/Verdex---16GB-microSD-card-not-detected%2C-but-2GB-is.-td21975350.html]
-−
 == Partition the card ==

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 This section describes how to boot off an MMC memory card
 == Partition the card ==
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   bitbake -c rebuild gumstix-kernel
   bitbake -c rebuild gumstix-basic-image
 == Put the images on the card ==
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 Unmount BOTH partitions.
 == Boot! ==