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‎From the Instrument Room

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Yoder: Starting fresh for the Fall 2012 class

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Starting fresh for the Fall 2012 class

Yoder: moved EBC Exercise 00 Setting Up Hardware and Software to EBC Exercise 01 Start Here

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Rpjday: Ubuntu "10.4" version is actually "10.04".

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Ubuntu "10.4" version is actually "10.04".

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 * BeagleBoard xM
 * 5V power supply
 * HDMI to DVI cable

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 There are four major things that need to be done to have the BeagleBoard ready to run for class:
 # Get your Beagle Hardware together
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 If you have a BeagleBone and want to start playing, go to [[EBC Exercise 02 Out-of-the-Box, Bone]]. The Bone comes with all the hardware you need and an SD card that's ready to run.
 After you've had a chance to explore the Bone, or you are running a Beagle xM, check [[#The Hardware | The Hardware]] below. Once you have all your hardware together you need to get an up to date image for you SD cards. Go to [[EBC Exercise 03 Installing a Beagle OS]] to learn how to flash your SD card with a fresh OS. With a fresh OS installed, you are now ready for [[EBC Exercise 04 Out-of-the-Box, xM]] on the xM.  It'a little different than the bone.
 Once you have an up to date OS running on your Beagle, go to [[EBC Exercise 05 Getting Exercise Support Materials]] to learn how to clone the class git repository. Once cloned it's a single command to get the latest materials on your Beagle (or host computer for that matter).
 The above will get you ready for about the first 4 weeks of class. Around week 5 we'll start looking at the kernel and will need to cross compile. Once we start moving into Kernel development we will need a host computer. Since we are doing Linux development, it's generally agree the host should be running Linux.  I suggest you run [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS)]. The Rose Linux Users Group [http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/wiki/Main_Page LUG] has instructions on where to get a local copy so you don't have to download some 700M.
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 I've been testing out the "Cloud" approach and it looks like it will work too.  If you want to try the cloud, let me known and I'll ask CSSE to set up a machine for you.
-Once you have Linux running somewhere, you need to install the kernel development tools.  Go to [[EBC Exercise 08 Installing Development Tools]] to see all the step you need. Once set up, go back to [[EBC Exercise 05 Getting Exercise Support Materials]] to clone the class repository on your host.
+== Kernel Development ==
 Now that you have all these pieces in place you are ready to work with a very power embedded processor.
-=== The Hardware ===
+== The Hardware ==
 Here's the hardware you will need and where you get it.
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+=== From the Instrument Room ===
 * BeagleBoard xM
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 * serial to USB cable
-==== From your own resources ====
+=== From your own resources ===
 * USB keyboard and mouse
 * DVI-D display

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-== Setting up your hardware and software ==
+There are four major things that need to be done to have the BeagleBoard ready to run for class:
-There are three major things that need to be done to have the BeagleBoard ready to run for class.  Hardware, software on the Beagle and software on a host computer.  Here are the details.
+If you have a BeagleBone and want to start playing, go to [[EBC Exercise 02 Out-of-the-Box, Bone]]. The Bone comes with all the hardware you need and an SD card that's ready to run.
 === The Hardware ===
-I have a Beagle Board xM for everyone to use for the quarter.  I'm assuming you have some hardware already. Here's the hardware you will need and where you get it.
+Here's the hardware you will need and where you get it.
 ==== From the Instrument Room ====
-You can pick this up any time, even Monday-Wednesday of break.
 * BeagleBoard xM
 * 5V power supply
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 * USB keyboard and mouse
 * DVI-D display
-* micro SD card.  4G should be enough.  I suggest you have 2 or 3 cards since it's easy to mess up one and it takes some 10 minutes to reload it.
+* micro SD card.  4G should be enough.  I suggest you have 3 or 4 cards since it's easy to mess up one and it takes some 10 minutes to reload it.
 * micro SD card reader/writer
-* USB to Ethernet adapter.  The Beagle has Ethernet on it, but every time you boot it you get a random MAC address.  If you are running on the Rose network you need a fixed MAC address.
+* USB to Ethernet adapter.  The Beagle xM has Ethernet on it, but every time you boot it you get a random MAC address.  If you are running on the Rose network you need a fixed MAC address.
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-=== Software on the Beagle ===
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-We're using mostly open source software.  Go to [[EBC_Exercise_00_Installing_Angstrom_on_SD]] to see see how to get everything installed on the SD card for the Beagle. Once installed, you will be able to do the first 10 or so labs completely on the Beagle.  Yup, edit, compile (or make) and run, all on the Beagle.
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-=== Software on a host computer ===
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-Once we start moving into Kernel development we will need a host computer. Since we are doing Linux development, it's generally agree the host should be running Linux.  I suggest you run [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS)]. The Rose Linux Users Group [http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/wiki/Main_Page LUG] has instructions on where to get a local copy so you don't have to download some 700M.
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-There are three options as to how to run Linux.
-# Native install ([http://www.ubuntu.com/download])
-# Install in a virtual machine ([[ECE497 Lab00 Installing Ubuntu in VMware Player]], though you could also use [[ECE497 VirtualBox Notes | Virtual Box]] too.)
-# Run in the cloud
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-The Ubuntu site give good instructions for a native install. I've had good success with running both VMware and Virtual Box, though my installation instructions are a bit dated.  (Feel free to update them if they need it.)
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-I've been testing out the "Cloud" approach and it looks like it will work too.  If you want to try the cloud, let me known and I'll ask CSSE to set up a machine for you.
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 == Setting up your hardware and software ==
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 I've been testing out the "Cloud" approach and it looks like it will work too.  If you want to try the cloud, let me known and I'll ask CSSE to set up a machine for you.

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 === Software on a host computer ===
-Once we start moving into Kernel development we will need a host computer. Since we are doing Linux development, it's generally agree the host should be running Linux.  I suggest you run [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu 10.4 (LTS)]. The Rose Linux Users Group [http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/wiki/Main_Page LUG] has instructions on where to get a local copy so you don't have to download some 700M.
+Once we start moving into Kernel development we will need a host computer. Since we are doing Linux development, it's generally agree the host should be running Linux.  I suggest you run [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS)]. The Rose Linux Users Group [http://lug.rose-hulman.edu/wiki/Main_Page LUG] has instructions on where to get a local copy so you don't have to download some 700M.
 There are three options as to how to run Linux.

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