BeagleBoardUbuntuKarmic
This page is about running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic distribution on the BeagleBoard.
Demo Image
Karmic 9.10
Built with:
sudo ./rootstock --fqdn beagleboard --login ubuntu --password temppwd --imagesize 2G \ --seed wget,nano,linux-firmware,wireless-tools,usbutils --dist karmic --serial ttyS2 \ --kernel-image http://rcn-ee.net/deb/kernel/beagle/karmic/v2.6.32.11-x13/linux-image-2.6.32.11-x13_1.0karmic_armel.deb
Get prebuilt image:
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/rootfs/ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z mirrors: wget http://ynezz.ibawizard.net/beagleboard/ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z wget http://vivaphp.net/beagle/ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z
Unpack it:
7za x ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z tar xf ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar cd ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel
Quick Install script
./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --ignore_md5sum
- Bug: --ignore_md5sum is needed
- Additional Options
- --rootfs <ext3 default>
- --swap_file <swap file size in MB's>
md5sum: 0bf198beac0a0358bc2c0097c6dddec7 ubuntu-9.10.2-minimal-armel.tar.7z