EBC Exercise 00 Beagle as a Workstation

The purpose of this exercise is to introduce you to the BeagleBoard as a workstation. First we'll set up the network. Then you can take some time to explore it.

Setting up the network
beagle$ ifconfig usb0 172.31.1.XX netmask 255.255.0.0 up beagle$ route add default gw 172.31.0.1 beagle$ cat >> /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 172.18.0.3 ^D beagle$ gedit /etc/resolv.conf

Put at # at the beginning of every line except the one beginning with 172. Save and quit. Test your connection with: beagle$ ping google.com

Exploring

 * 1) Check out the various menus.  See what's there.
 * 2) Open a terminal window and try some commands.

We'll be spending some time in the exercises folder. It contains all the support files. Try this:

beagle$ cd ~/exercises beagle$ ls beagle$ git pull

The exercises folder is a git repository. The last command above checks to be sure the repository is up to date. Feel free to explore the various folders.

Try: beagle$ cd ~/exercises beagle$ gedit helloworld.c & beagle$ gcc hellowworld.c beagle$ ./a.out

Congratulations! You've just compiled and run your first BeagleProgram.