Building Debian to eMMC

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I’m attempting to build linux from source and create an eMMC flasher image. I have Ubuntu 14.04.01 32 bit installed and have got to the point where I’m trying to
create the flasher.

The process hangs with qemu, and it says here:

http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Rebuilding_Software_Image

“You’ll want a fairly beefy ARM system to run this script.”

I guess that isn’t the BBB. What system does Robert use to build the flasher?

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I’m attempting to build linux from source and create an eMMC flasher image. I have Ubuntu 14.04.01 32 bit installed and have got to the point where I’m trying to
create the flasher.

The process hangs with qemu, and it says here:

http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Rebuilding_Software_Image

“You’ll want a fairly beefy ARM system to run this script.”

I guess that isn’t the BBB. What system does Robert use to build the flasher?

It will run on the BBB, just needs around 4gb free of space. For official images I use one of my quad core cortex a9, 2gb, data boards.

Regards,

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Follow up a year later. What’s the fastest ARMv7 system that folks are using for things like generating the images? Anyone tried compiling images with the Jetson TK1 or Odroid XU4?

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I use omap5_uevm's dual a15, 2gb of ram, and sata.

The x15 which will be out in a few months would be a good option. :wink:

Regards,