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--- developersguide:minixonarm [2016/02/19 17:15]
gtkelly [Ethernet Configuration]
+++ developersguide:minixonarm [2021/07/10 15:29] (current)
stux [Want to contribute?]
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-The result is a file called minix_arm_sd.img in your src directory. This image can be copied onto an SD-Card using dd:
+If you receive the error "**Skipping image creation: missing tool 'mcopy'" do
+<code>
+pkgin install mtools
+</code>
+If there are no errors, the result is a file called minix_arm_sd.img in your src directory. This image can be copied onto an SD-Card using dd:
 <code>
 sudo dd if=minix_arm_sd.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M oflag=direct
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 WARNING Just make sure your file system did not mount the sd-card while you where dd'ing.
 ====== Running Minix/ARM ======
-Once the sd-card is inserted on the BeagleBoard-xM press the reset button and watch the serial for messages. Alternatively you can start the same image in the emulator (Read about that in   [[.:minixonlinaroqemuarm]]). for information on network booting, see the [[developersguide:netbootingarm|Netbooting ARM]] article.
+Once the sd-card is inserted on the BeagleBoard-xM (or BeagleBone) press the reset button and watch the serial for messages. Alternatively you can start the same image in the emulator (Read about that in   [[.:minixonlinaroqemuarm]]). for information on network booting, see the [[developersguide:netbootingarm|Netbooting ARM]] article.
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 ====== Want to contribute? ======
-Great, that's what I wanted to hear! Help with documentation, making the above procedure more clean, hardware support, debugging, running the test set and finding and debugging problems! Come and chat on ''#minix'' on ''freenode'' if you aren't already there.
+Great, that's what I wanted to hear! Help with documentation, making the above procedure more clean, hardware support, debugging, running the test set and finding and debugging problems! Check the [[:resources|resources page]] for more information on how to join the community.
 See ARM-specific (or not ARM-specific!) points on the [[:Wishlist:]] page for the current list of todo's.
+====== ARM Manuals ======
+The ARM Cortex-A8 processor is used in the Minix-supported BeagleBoard and BeagleBone devices. Many ARM documents require registration and some are behind a paywall, but the following is freely available from the ARM site as of October 2016:
+  * [[http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0344k/DDI0344K_cortex_a8_r3p2_trm.pdf|Cortex-A8 Revision: r3p2 Technical Reference Manual]]

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