SDFS Setup on Panda and Beagleboard at London user group, Monday 18th February 2013

[ROUGOL]

The next meeting of the RISC OS User Group Of London will be:

SDFS Setup on Panda and Beagleboard
Keith Dunlop

Monday 18th February 2013, 7:45pm

The Blue-Eyed Maid (upstairs in the Spice Lounge restaurant)
173 Borough High Street
London
SE1 1HR


The release of RISC OS for the Raspberry Pi uses a clever partition
layout on the SD card so that both the files needed to initialise
the board and the RISC OS filesystem can coexist. This avoids the
need for an additional USB drive for the !Boot files and for
storing applications and data.

A similar setup is possible on the Pandaboard and Beagleboard, but
no preconfigured image (yet) exists. Keith will demonstrate to
steps needed to create a suitable SD card setup for these boards,
which does currently require the use of certain other operating
systems.

Besides saving a USB slot, the major benefit of doing this is added
performance because the SD card filing system (SDFS) is much faster
than using a USB drive.


SW Show - Sat 23rd Feb
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ROUGOL will have a stand at the South West Show. Do come over and
say hello, particularly if you have never been along to one of our
meetings before.


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The usual arrangements
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Admittance is free and everyone is welcome. A range of hot and cold
food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, will be on sale.

Anyone with wireless enabled handhelds or laptops can access the
internet during the meeting, or (if time allows) use ROUGOL's
RiscPC to do so after the main presentation has finished.

The venue is between London Bridge and Borough tube stations, so
readily accessible by public transport (both stations are a five
minute walk away, through well lit and CCTV'd main streets). It
also has ample cycle parking (covered by CCTV) very close by.

If you are arriving by car, the Congestion Charge ends at 6pm and
our meeting starts much later. However, please note that parking
on double red lines is restricted at all times. On single red or
yellow lines it is best to park after 7pm. If you are not familiar
with *central* London parking or driving, please allow extra time,
patience, and maps.

If you need any help reaching the venue, or any other information,
please contact us as below.

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