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This weekend I buckled down and merged the BeagleBoard validation images kernel configuration into my BeagleBox kernel configuration.  When I booted the resulting kernel with the validation images ramdisk image it worked.  Unfortunately, because there were a fair number of changes to merge in it isn’t clear exactly which ones […]

BeagleBox: kernel boots initrd, initramfs still doesn’t work

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With a better understanding of what’s happening with the Beagle Board validation images I’ve started to redesign the boot process for BeagleBox.  First, the SD card will be partitioned with two partitions.  The first is the FAT32 partition to hold the kernel image, boot scripts and an initial ramdisk (initrd).  […]

BeagleBox: understanding the boot process requirements

 in BeagleBox / Hardware / Linux / Software Development  tagged BeagleBox / boot process / bootloader / BUI / DDR / ext2 filesystem / fakeroot / fat32 partition / initial ramdisk / journaling file systems / kernel image / NAND / pivot / root filesystem / sd card / set top box / SGX / STB (updated 4936 days ago)