[clug-talk] Linux SBC Workshop: Hardware Choice

[Gustin Johnson]

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Robert Lewko wrote:
> I am having second thoughts about running the 7260 from a SDcard.  You
> get everything that I wanted by running it from a NFS root.  My original
> motivation for running the card off a SDcard was that if I had my laptop
> on someone else's network then I would constantly be reconfiguring the
> board to adjust the new network.  I am, right now learning how to run
> DHCP from my laptop to issue addresses on an network address on an
> obscure network address ( 172.28.1.0/255.255.0.0
> <http://172.28.1.0/255.255.0.0>) with two network addresses bound to my
> ethernet NIC.  With that I will be able to plug into anyone's hub and be
> able to have the 7260 NFS mount my laptop.

I have a serious dislike of NFS.  In any case, for this to be useful to
me, the thing has to be self contained.

> There are two reasons not to run the board from the SD card.  First, by
> choosing the SD card option is mutually exclusive with the XDIO, which

Not important to me.  At least not yet.

> is really useful in embedded work.  Secondly, the to run get the board
> to boot from the SD card you have to modify the boot ROM, which
> eliminates the RedBoot system.  With RedBoot gone you have to do the
> same things you have to modify an initrd that gets installed to the SD
> card.

That sucks.  From the product details it looks like booting from the SD
card is something that will happen "in the near future".  At least it
will boot from a USB flash drive (at least it looks like it can).

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