Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:23:39 +0930 From: "O'Connor, Daniel" <darius@dons.net.au> To: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Cc: freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, Leonardo Fogel <leonardofogel@yahoo.com.br> Subject: Re: How to Xbuild to BBB? Message-ID: <39BAA32F-59D7-4F85-8C01-14597BCD2A6A@dons.net.au> In-Reply-To: <2093AC41-3AB0-4286-8440-AE3A93F358D8@kientzle.com> References: <1436542993.46776.YahooMailBasic@web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <19291C97-5A51-42D2-AC08-6B067AB8D2BD@kientzle.com> <2DED4E32-6599-4F5A-BDC8-E52F420D69C0@dons.net.au> <2093AC41-3AB0-4286-8440-AE3A93F358D8@kientzle.com>
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> On 20 Jul 2015, at 02:43, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote: >=20 >=20 >> On Jul 18, 2015, at 5:26 PM, O'Connor, Daniel <darius@dons.net.au> = wrote: >>=20 >> Is there a way to update a running BBB system? >=20 > Native builds work pretty well, though it takes a bit longer. Slight understatement :) Also I think it requires adding swap which greatly slows things down :( > In particular, if you have more than one BBB, you should be able to = NFS-mount and build on one, then install on the others. >=20 > If you only want to update the kernel, you should be able to = cross-build and then use installkernel on the build host to put all the = kernel bits into a directory, then just copy that directory (with all = modules, etc.). I guess that is probably the least painful way to do it. > I don=E2=80=99t know a good way to cross-build and update world, = though. What a pity :( It seems so silly to build on a (relatively) slow computer when a much = faster one is sitting right next to it (especially when that faster = computer build the original image :) > There=E2=80=99s another way to look at this problem, though: Can you = copy $YourCustomStuff from your old image onto a new image instead of = copying $NewFreeBSDBits onto your old image? >=20 > This is essentially the approach I=E2=80=99ve been trying to push = through with Crochet. If I could figure out how to install packages = into the image on the build host, I would be most of the way there. True, I could probably do that. Still pretty surprised there doesn't seem to be a way to = cross-installworld though. -- Daniel O'Connor "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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