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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kudos Patrick.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_____replyseparator"></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces@lists.elinux.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick Mulder<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 12, 2017 2:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> MinnowBoard Community Email List <elinux-minnowboard@lists.elinux.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MinnowBoard] sata drive howto and boot<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">thanks doug!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">i got the lure extension board: <a href="https://twitter.com/mulpat/status/863148428813107200">https://twitter.com/mulpat/status/863148428813107200</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">nice weekend,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Douglas Kryder <<a href="mailto:dkryder@gmail.com" target="_blank">dkryder@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. have the os you want to install on a thumb/flash drive in the usb port<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. have your sd card in the slot<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">shell screen. if you see this scree type exit and hit return. that should take you to the UEFI menu screen. if not you <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">can unplug the board and start again , remember to hit F2 quickly after power up. once at menu screen.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4. scroll down and select boot manager<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">5. hit enter and you will be at boot options screen.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">6. scroll down and select EFI usb device.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">9. after install process reboot, take out thumb drive, sd card should boot.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">i'm pulling it from memory and think sd card is default install location . hope this helps get you started<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">thanks, probably I could investigate a bit more how to load/configure the UEFI shell for different OS usage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is more a side project right now for me, to have some small workstations for embedded programming/network programming.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, next time slot for debugging for me will probably be the weekend.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">as far as hardware connections you can use the onboard sata connector or use a lure. in my case i bought a silverjaw lure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.tincantools.com/MinowBoard_Max_Add-ons/Silverjaw_Lure.html" target="_blank">http://www.tincantools.com/MinowBoard_Max_Add-ons/Silverjaw_Lure.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">and i used a samsung 850 on the m2 / msata connector.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM, Patrick Mulder <<a href="mailto:mulder.patrick@gmail.com" target="_blank">mulder.patrick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was playing a bit more with the Minnowboard last weekend. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks a lot!<o:p></o:p></p>
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