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If the Gumstix won't boot, you can (rather slowly) flash the filesystem over [http://www.gumstix.net/Software/view/Developer-how-to-s/Reflashing-using-a-serial-connection/111.html serial].
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<p>If the Gumstix won't boot, you can (rather slowly) flash the filesystem over [http://www.gumstix.net/Software/view/Developer-how-to-s/Reflashing-using-a-serial-connection/111.html serial].
[[File:Gumstix Serial Alignment.jpg|thumb|200px|Correct alignment of the TTL RS232 adapter]]
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[[File:Gumstix Serial Alignment.jpg|thumb|none|200px|Correct alignment of the TTL RS232 adapter]]
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If the gumstix will boot, then flashing from RAM disk over ssh is faster, but if the process fails or gets interrupted you'll have to fall back on the serial method. Remounting the filesystem read-only may not work, and the whole processed failed.
 
If the gumstix will boot, then flashing from RAM disk over ssh is faster, but if the process fails or gets interrupted you'll have to fall back on the serial method. Remounting the filesystem read-only may not work, and the whole processed failed.
 
[http://www.gumstix.net/Software/view/Developer-how-to-s/Reflashing-from-a-linux-login-session/111.html Reflash over ssh]
 
[http://www.gumstix.net/Software/view/Developer-how-to-s/Reflashing-from-a-linux-login-session/111.html Reflash over ssh]

Revision as of 23:27, 14 July 2009

To set up build environment:

source  ~/gumstix/gumstix-oe/extras/profile

Executables for cross-compiling are stored in:

/home/brian/gumstix/gumstix-oe/tmp/cross/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bin


If the Gumstix won't boot, you can (rather slowly) flash the filesystem over serial.

Correct alignment of the TTL RS232 adapter

If the gumstix will boot, then flashing from RAM disk over ssh is faster, but if the process fails or gets interrupted you'll have to fall back on the serial method. Remounting the filesystem read-only may not work, and the whole processed failed. Reflash over ssh