Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of AlixAPU

Timestamp:

Oct 2, 2015, 6:54:04 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

rick

Comment:

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AlixAPU

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 == Linux ==
 
+The MBR partition table on the SD card should contain one bootable FAT32 partition. Use `fdisk`, `cdisk` or `sfdisk` to create this scheme. Some examples of a SD card located in `/dev/sdc`.
+
+Warning: If you do not know what you are doing here you should NOT do it or accept the risk of potentially loosing ALL your data including those of the host system.
+{{{
+$ sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc 
+
+Disk /dev/sdc: 1.9 GiB, 2002780160 bytes, 3911680 sectors
+Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
+Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
+Disklabel type: dos
+Disk identifier: 0x00000000
+
+Device     Boot Start   End Sectors Size Id Type
+/dev/sdc1  *     2048 53247   51200  25M  b W95 FAT32
+}}}
+
+You can use `sfdisk` to do it directly.
+{{{
+$ cat <<EOF | sudo sfdisk /dev/sdc
+
+# partition table of /dev/sdc
+unit: sectors
+
+/dev/sdc1 : start=     2048, size=    51200, Id= b, bootable
+/dev/sdc2 : start=        0, size=        0, Id= 0
+/dev/sdc3 : start=        0, size=        0, Id= 0
+/dev/sdc4 : start=        0, size=        0, Id= 0
+EOF
+}}} 
+
+Format as FAT32 partition:
+{{{
+$ sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1
+}}}
+
+Install the syslinux bootloader:
+{{{
+$ sudo dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc
+$ sudo syslinux --install /dev/sdc1
+}}}
+
+Mount partition and copy [http://www.pcengines.ch/tinycore.htm PC Engines TinyCore] image on it:
+{{{
+$ sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
+$ curl -o /tmp/apu_tinycore.tar.bz2 http://www.pcengines.ch/file/apu_tinycore.tar.bz2
+$ sudo tar -C /mnt /tmp/apu_tinycore.tar.bz2
+$ sudo umount /mnt
+}}}
+
+Image completed, boot image and follow instructions to update firmware.
 == Building WLnode Image ==
 Het bouwen een Wireless-leiden Node image wordt beschreven deze [wiki:FreeBSD10_Guide] pagina.