[MinnowBoard] sata drive howto and boot

[Patrick Mulder]

thanks doug!

i got the lure extension board:
https://twitter.com/mulpat/status/863148428813107200

but I just started to get a 16-32GB msata drive from ebay today. i did some
bids, and expect to continue with the boot process soon.

nice weekend,

patrick


On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Douglas Kryder <dkryder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Patrick,
> 1. have the os you want to install on a thumb/flash drive in the usb port
> 2. have your sd card in the slot
> 3. plug the board in and press F2 to get to the UEFI screen. if you do not
> hit F2 fast enough you will see the interactive
> shell screen. if you see this scree type   exit    and hit return. that
> should take you to the UEFI menu screen. if not you
> can unplug the board and start again , remember to hit F2 quickly after
> power up. once at menu screen.
> 4. scroll down and select boot manager
> 5. hit enter and you will be at boot options screen.
> 6. scroll down and select EFI usb device.
> 7. hit enter.
> 8. at this point it should bring up the install screen of whatever os is
> on the thumb drive and install to the sd card.
> 9. after install process reboot, take out thumb drive, sd card should boot.
>
> i'm pulling it from memory and think sd card is default install location .
> hope this helps get you started
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:27 AM, Patrick Mulder <mulder.patrick at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> thanks, probably I could investigate a bit more how to load/configure the
>> UEFI shell for different OS usage.
>> It is more a side project right now for me, to have some small
>> workstations for embedded programming/network programming.
>>
>> Anyway, my current situation is that have multiple USB sticks and one USB
>> flash drive. I think the SATA approach is nice, but compared with a big
>> computer, there is no 12V power supply for the HDD (not sure, if it is 12V,
>> but the connector from PC power supplies look like higher voltage)
>>
>> Anyway, next time slot for debugging for me will probably be the weekend.
>>
>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Douglas Kryder <dkryder at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Patrick,
>>> as far as hardware connections you can use the onboard sata connector or
>>> use a lure. in my case i bought a silverjaw lure.
>>> http://www.tincantools.com/MinowBoard_Max_Add-ons/Silverjaw_Lure.html
>>> and i used a samsung 850 on the m2 / msata connector.
>>> as far as the steps to setup the flashdrive with bsd i'm gonna have to
>>> step through the process again myself since it has been over a year since
>>> the last time i did it and do not off the top of my head remember all the
>>> steps however i'll update tomorrow afternoon after i've gone through the
>>> process again.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Patrick Mulder <
>>> mulder.patrick at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I was playing a bit more with the Minnowboard last weekend.
>>>>
>>>> a) I tried a FreeBSD install onto a USB Flashdrive but the boot did not
>>>> work yet, maybe I miss something. I was basically stuck in the UEFI shell,
>>>> only now seeing the fs0: command to try booting from the new drive.
>>>>
>>>> b) Instead of working with a USB flash drive, the SATA drive option
>>>> sounds interesting. Yet, I can't quickly see what cables I need, esp. for
>>>> powering the SATA drive. Anyone has pointers here?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>>
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