Hi Ron,
> 1. I power it up and it boots to Linux, great. It even has dev tools, also
> great. But, the file system is read-only. How do I use the XNAND? My
> application will not require more than a few MB of disk space and I don't
> want to add an external SD card if I can help it.
I would recommend storing data on the microSD card rather than the internal
flash, as I'm not sure about how well the XNAND driver does wear leveling. With
the price of microSD cards being so low it shouldn't hurt the budget. It also
allows the data card to be moved between units in the event of a system failure.
In my TS-TPC-7390 project I run the app from the quick boot environment and
store data to SD. It seems to work very well - I do add a Murr Electronik power
loss buffer within my system so I have around 15s (depending on load) of 24V
power when someone throws the power switch to save to SD correctly.
> 2. apt-get is not working because of the read-only file system. How do
> people typically get packages on these devices?
Wouldn't you need to exit to the full debian OS to use apt-get? You can also
mount -o remount,rw to make the partition r/w.
> 3. Any soft keyboard options or do people roll their own?
This would depend on which graphic library you are using - as I rolled my own
library I created my own keyboards.
Hope this helps,
PJE
--- In "oneelkruns2" <> wrote:
>
> Greetings!
>
> I'm working with a TS-8390 (w/TS-4800 CPU) and have a few newbie questions as
> these small devices are not my forte. Any help appreciated since I'm not
> finding things on the website.
>
> 1. I power it up and it boots to Linux, great. It even has dev tools, also
> great. But, the file system is read-only. How do I use the XNAND? My
> application will not require more than a few MB of disk space and I don't
> want to add an external SD card if I can help it.
>
> 2. apt-get is not working because of the read-only file system. How do
> people typically get packages on these devices?
>
> 3. Any soft keyboard options or do people roll their own?
>
> Any help appreciated!
>
> Ron
>
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