On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Jon Hermansen <jon.hermansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > I just got a brand new GuruPlug a few days ago and I was hoping to install > Fedora ARM on it as soon as possible. Well, the only problem is, I neglected > to get the JTAG breakout box / cables required to get the U-Boot prompt and > thus, as far as I can tell, can't do much about loading a new U-Boot version > (hopefully to boot from microSD), putting a new U-Boot config, Linux kernel > and accompanying rootfs on the NAND/external MicroSD card. I can see the > /dev/mtd* devices from Debian 5.0.3, kernel 2.6.32-00007-g56678ec, but I > have yet to write to them from my live system as I want to be absolutely > sure about what I'm doing on this front. > > I'd also like to know if I can use the internal NAND/external MicroSD card > as one big device, as opposed to two seperate devices. I realize the NAND is > not addressed as a block device, but if they both can contain filesystems, > does that mean that I can use UnionFS (or something similiar) to bridge two > seperate filesystems and divide the space taken up by data between the two > storage devices? > > If anyone could provide any more information on what I'm attempting to do > (flash NAND, reinstall OS) without a JTAG cable, either on a SheevaPlug or a > GuruPlug (from what I've read, they are nearly the same), it would be > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks to all of you guys for working out the kinks in Fedora ARM, and I'm > looking forward to using my favorite distro on the smallest PC I've ever > had... > > Jon Hermansen > start here -> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM -- ------------ Itamar Reis Peixoto _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
