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Configure amount of reserved memory for Linux kernel

I am running Linux on an embedded device with 64MB of physical RAM. Linux prints the following message when it boots: [ 0.000000] Memory: 58944K/65536K available (3072K kernel code, 576K rwdata, 832K ...
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cdrtools and dvd+rw tools installing issue in am5728 linux kernel?

I am installing dvd+rw-tools-7.1 and Cdrtools-3.02a09 in am335x using below commands 1.dvd+rw-tools-7.1 root@am57xx-evm:/dvd+rw-tools-7.1#sed -i '/stat.h/a #include <sys/sysmacros.h>' growisofs....
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BOA hang - how to detect this and take action for this

I am having a SDK which has a boa webserver running in it to server HTTP requests. It is seen that at times the BOA server hangs. The boa server is not dead as it is shown in the device as running ...
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U boot send failed: Error when trying to load a u boot image

I am trying to load a uboot image on a PCB. The board uses a pre-configured script in which it attempts to boot the board and, seeing that there is no boot image, it downloads the image over Ethernet ...
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How to get serial number or UUID from MTD device?

I have an embedded device with MTD device over NAND flash. Is it possible to get its serial number or UUID? I thought there might be a solution similar to getting UUID of hard drive but I didn't find ...
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Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found

I am working on custom embedded Linux distribution on P2020RDB-PCA board and I've got stuck on following errors at boot time: EXT2-fs (mmcblk0p1): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is ...
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Handling bad block in NAND flash memory

Is there any way/tool/utility to correct the badblock on the NAND device ? We are having custom board based on beaglebone but instead of mmc we have NAND flash. MTD partitions on the NAND are as ...
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SSH from Ubuntu to embedded linux

I'm a beginner un networking. I'm trying to connect an embedded linux to my Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS by Ethernet. I have configured the embedded system to work with a static IP adress (192.168.9.119). I'...
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How do I boot [embedded] linux from sd card?

I am hacking together a quick embedded linux system on a DM816x evm board. Previously I have been using TFTP and NFS to load my kernel and root filesystem to the board. I am now trying to switch over ...
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changing the boot logo on embedded linux (angstrom)

i have am3517 based embedded board and i have installed my own kernel and filesystem compiled with angstrom toolchain. Now i want to change the bootscreen logo? Is there anyway to do that? Thanks ...
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Embedded Linux Reboot Crash

I'm working with Linux 2.6.23 on an embedded device and am receiving the following error executing the reboot command. ~ # reboot ~ # Syncing hardware clock to system time hwclock: Could not access ...
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buildroot rootfs on arm board

After building buildroot with Kernelimage and rootfs (jffs2) i flashed them to my board. bootargs set to: mem=64M console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock1 rw rootfstype=jffs2 Now when i boot i get ...
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