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On 06/25/2014 04:13 PM, Diego Sueiro wrote:
> Hi Denys,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko <denis@denix.org> wrote:
> 
>> http://cgit.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/scripts/wic
>>
>> But indeed, better documentation would be most appreciated.
> 
> 
> I didn't have a chance to take a look and test wic tool.
> Do you know if it can be used to generate sdcard images for TI's Sitara
> SoCs?
> The _problem_ for creating a sdcard image for Sitara is the configuration
> of Heads, Sectors and Cylinders that should be passed to sfdisk and needs
> to be done as root.

This isn't true.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/beagleboard/ro5k5r4Cuq4

I've avoided the CHS business for ages and haven't had trouble booting.

Philip

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