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This page describes how you can install a Linux system on the SD card. This is a bring up from zero and is necessary if you want to start from the beginning or if major changes have been applied to the Linux itself. A new SD card can be created either directly on the Radarcape or using an external Linux PC.
This page describes how you can install a Linux system on the SD card. This is a bring up from zero and is necessary if you want to start from the beginning or if major changes have been applied to the Linux itself. A new SD card can be created either directly on the Radarcape or using an external Linux PC.
==Restore the SD Card Image on Native Linux==
'''DUE TO EXTERNAL CHANGES, CURRENTLY NOT WORKING'''
===Prerequisites===
* A PC running with any Linux OS (e.g., [http://www.ubuntu.com Ubuntu Linux]).
* The capability to write 4GB size SDHC Micro-SD cards on the Linux PC and an USB SD card reader (e.g., Kingston FCR-HS219 card reader).
* T7 (0.078 in / 1.99 mm) Torx wrench or screwdriver
* SSH Client (e.g., Putty on Windows, OpenSSH on Linux)
* An Internet connection for the Linux PC and the Radarcape
===Create SD Card===
* Remove power from your Radarcape
* Remove the front panel of your Radarcape
* Remove the SD card and put it into the SD card reader of your Linux PC
* Download the script Angstrom installation script
<source lang="bash">wget http://www.modesbeast.com/resources/make-Angstrom-new.sh</source>
* Execute it with the drive name of your SD card
<source lang="bash">sh ./make-Angstrom-new.sh [mmcblk0|sdd]</source>
* Place the updated SD card in the SD card reader of the Radarcape
* Apply the front panel of your Radarcape
* Apply power to your Radarcape


==Install Radarcape Software==
==Install Radarcape Software==

Revision as of 19:04, 28 July 2018


For Experts Required Unix/Linux skills to execute this task: Advanced

This page describes how you can install a Linux system on the SD card. This is a bring up from zero and is necessary if you want to start from the beginning or if major changes have been applied to the Linux itself. A new SD card can be created either directly on the Radarcape or using an external Linux PC.

Install Radarcape Software

Install the Radarcape daemon and the FPGA Firmware as decribed ⇒here.

For experts: With this procedure you should be able to make a Radarcape from any native Beaglebone Angstrom release. However we do not guarantee that the Radarcape operates with each release, as we have seen broken ones.

Restoring an SD card with Windows

Prerequisites: You need a 4GB SDHC capable SD card reader connected or built in at your local computer.

There are two images, please select the one according to your SD card. If you do not have either a Sandisk or Kingston SD card, simply try. This is a fully working version of the given release, including the Radarcape installation. Hostname is radarcape.

Debian Distribution: Sandisk 4GB image with Release 161030

  1. Get the Windiskimager from http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
  2. Unzip the downloaded Windiskimager file, Windiskimager does not need installation, the extracted files work directly
  3. Download the image from above link
  4. Unzip the downloaded Radarcape SD image
  5. Using Windiskimager, write the image to the SD card. Carefully select the device that it is written to. Better unplug all other USB storages.
  6. After your Radarcape is back in operation, you may want to update to the latest release

Windiskimager in operation

True Miscellaneous

Packages required to create an SD card on a Radarcape:

  • opkg install e2fsprogs-mke2fs rsync
  • opkg install dosfstools
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