Appendix 3 Making Linux Boot Disk - Embest SBC8600B User Manual

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Appendix 3 Making Linux Boot Disk

The following contents will show you how to create a dual-partition flash disk for
booting up Linux system from the first partition, while saving root filesystem in the second
one;
1) Insert a TF card into a TF card reader and then connect the reader to your PC;
execute the following instruction in Ubuntu system to view the device name of the TF
card;

$ dmesg | tail
...
[ 6854.215650] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Mode Sense: 0b 00 00 08
[ 6854.215653] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 6854.215659] sdc: sdc1
[ 6854.218079] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 6854.218135] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
...
The above information shows the TF card device name is /dev/sdc;
2) Execute the following instruction to view the path where Ubuntu mount the device
automatically;

$ df -h
. Filesystem
...
/dev/sdc1
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Device Information
Device Path
Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
400M 94M 307M 24% /media/disk
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