BeagleBone Black - WAS: Time for Pi

[Giles Orr]

On 22 May 2013 00:33, Daniel Wayne Armstrong <daniel-HRJVlgn2G/y5aS82P/H3Zg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:21 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:10:45PM -0400, Giles Orr wrote:
>>> The BBB runs Angstrom Linux by default.  As mine wasn't running an ssh
>>> server (it's supposed to be shipped with that in place) I was
>>> attempting to get one started.
>>
>> How I am supposed to do rsync/ssh backup to USB disk, then?  Just
>> great... $60+ wasted.
>
> On *my* BBB running the default Angstrom ssh was already
> up-and-running and rsync is installed. SSH is provided by dropbear but
> I see an openssh pkg is available in the package manager.

Apologies to William: the bad ssh server is apparently unique to me -
they do usually ship with a functional ssh server.  Besides, as
mentioned, it's apparently quite easy to run another Linux distro on
it as mentioned by others.

An update on mine: it's still as functional as it was previously (ie.
I still have no ssh server, but it connects and works as it did
before) so, contrary to my guess, I didn't brick it or even cause it
problems.

That chip does run quite warm though, even when it's not under heavy
load.  I need to follow Len's advice and find a way to get a heat sink
on it.  There are no supports, anyone have any idea where I could get
one or how to mount it?

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