Using SD card as external storage for Beaglebone Black
After following instructions found here:
http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:MicroSD_As_Extra_Storage
and here:
I am still having trouble. I use the code it says to use and followed the instructions, I get 3 solid LED on the board upon load up with the SD inserted, and Windows 7 doesn't detect it at all.
The board works fine without the SD inserted, I can boot up and login via SSH and it is detected by Windows.
The code for my uEnv.txt is as follows:
mmcdev=1
bootpart=1:2
mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk1p2 ro
optargs=quiet
and I also added to the fstab file:
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/card auto auto,rw,async,user,nofail 0 0
Some results from checking the filesystem, my drive is called 'BBB_Ext'. This is after booting without the SD in it, and then putting it in after bootup:
root@beaglebone:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 3.5G 1.8G 1.5G 55% /
/dev/root 3.5G 1.8G 1.5G 55% /
devtmpfs 250M 0 250M 0% /dev
tmpfs 250M 4.0K 250M 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 250M 248K 250M 1% /run
tmpfs 250M 0 250M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 250M 4.0K 250M 1% /tmp
/dev/mmcblk0p1 70M 54M 16M 78% /media/card
/dev/mmcblk1p1 15G 16K 15G 1% /media/BBB_Ext_
Here is more details on the fdisk:
root@beaglebone:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 3867 MB, 3867148288 bytes, 7553024 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk0p1 * 63 144584 72261 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 144585 7550549 3702982+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot1: 2 MB, 2097152 bytes, 4096 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mmcblk0boot0: 2 MB, 2097152 bytes, 4096 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes, 31116288 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk1p1 2048 31115263 15556608 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
Any help would be appreciated. I figured since this is Linux related that the question is applicable to SO, if it's better off in SE plz let me know.
Answer
For what I got, the uEnv.txt should be (saved on your SD card):
mmcdev=1
bootpart=1:2
mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk1p2 ro
optargs=quiet
And add below line in /etc/fstab
/dev/mmcblk0p1 /media/data auto rw 0 0