[MinnowBoard] Where to install Linux (or other OS) on a MinnowBoard Max

[David Rolfe]

Hi.

Following Roel Jordans installation comments, I was wondering if it is 
indeed recommended to install an OS onto a (suitably large) micro SD card?

Presumably an external SATA SSD drive is a preferred option but then of 
course there is the problem of an external power supply etc. - Possibly from 
one of these extension leads which include a USB socket for charging mobile 
phones?

Although a 5v supply can always be obtained from pins 1 & 3 of the low speed 
expansion header. this would presumably then be lost if a lure was fitted?

Comments would be appreciated!

Thanks,

David (Rolfe)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:03:24 +0200
From: Roel Jordans <r.jordans at tue.nl>
To: <elinux-minnowboard at lists.elinux.org>
Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] About debian or linux on minnow board
Message-ID: <5412C4EC.7030409 at tue.nl>
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I have debian 7.6 running on minnow max.  It was quite easy to install
from USB disk using a micro-sd card as root.

I made UEFI bootable USB disk with the amd64 netinst image and installed
everything using display over serial port.  I expect that using a normal
screen would also work but I didn't have the micro hdmi cable around.
After installing the base system and activating the sshd I switched to a
network login to further install and customize.

This [1] description helped me quit a bit when I had to create the
bootable USB drive.  The description there is using an Ubuntu iso but
any UEFI bootable iso should work the same.  The basic actions are 1) to
extract all files from the iso image onto the drive and 2) to set the
bootable flag on the partition.

Cheers,
  Roel

[1]
http://askubuntu.com/questions/395879/how-to-create-uefi-only-bootable-usb-live-media/

On 11/09/14 18:59, ?? wrote:
> Can debian or linux be installed on minnow or minnow max board?
> Where can I find the instructions?
> Thanks!
>