Question concerning setup_sdcard.sh script - installing Ubuntu

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Hello everyone,

I'm currently trying to put Ubuntu onto my SD card per the
instructions outlined at http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Lucid_10.04

Since my laptop has an integrated SD card reader, my SD card resides
at /dev/mmcblk0, which apparently presents an issue that is addressed
in the guide. Per the guide's instructions, I download the hotfix
files and overwrite the setup_sdcard.sh, boot.cmd, and flash.cmd
files. On a side note, why is where my SD card resides an issue?

Continuing, when trying to run the setup_sdcard.sh script with

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/mmcblk0 --uboot beagle_c4

it asks me if I'm sure I want to set up Ubuntu on the drive specified,
which I say yes to. Then it just outputs required and optional
arguments as if I issued a help command.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
David

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Hi David,

Hello everyone,

I'm currently trying to put Ubuntu onto my SD card per the
instructions outlined at BeagleBoardUbuntu - eLinux.org

Since my laptop has an integrated SD card reader, my SD card resides
at /dev/mmcblk0, which apparently presents an issue that is addressed
in the guide. Per the guide's instructions, I download the hotfix
files and overwrite the setup_sdcard.sh, boot.cmd, and flash.cmd
files. On a side note, why is where my SD card resides an issue?

Well I got 2 kinda good reasons.. :wink: 3 months of bug fixes and i
didn't have a reader that defaulted to the "/dev/mmcblk" device
format.

Continuing, when trying to run the setup_sdcard.sh script with

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/mmcblk0 --uboot beagle_c4

it asks me if I'm sure I want to set up Ubuntu on the drive specified,
which I say yes to. Then it just outputs required and optional
arguments as if I issued a help command.

Yeah drop the "_c4" initially when i released the script it was the
only way to get 720Mhz but since then i've upgraded the u-boot behind
the scenes that the script downloads so they all (bx, c2/3, c4 and xm)
have the right default cpu speeds.. (so "beagle" is for all beagles)

I was kinda of lazy an hoping no one would run into an issue till
10.04.1 was out.. :wink: I'm in the middle of new builds for minimal an
xfce4 for (august 12thish).. But i'll make a better 'patch' for that
release so users can get all the latest fixes..

Regards

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Hi Robert,

Thanks a lot for your answers and for the script you created for
beginners like me - it has definitely saved me a lot of headache.

By dropping the _c4, I have been able to successfully create my SD
card.

Thanks again!
David