[App_rpt-users] App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 64, Issue 55

Thu Jun 26 16:10:32 UTC 2014

Can you run 2 nodes on this platform?

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>    1. Re: BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release (David KE6UPI)
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> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 08:24:51 -0700
> From: David KE6UPI <dshaw at ke6upi.com>
> To: Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
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> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release
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> Nice write up Doug.. When I get back in Aug I think I'll give it a try..
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> KE6UPI
> David
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> On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello and welcome to the first public release of Allstar on the
> BeagleBone
> > Black. This represents months of trial and error testing which first
> > started with the Raspberry Pi back at the beginning of the year and was
> > finally successful on the BBB platform. We have had several beta versions
> > out now for over two months with many testers and we had very good
> reports.
> > There is more to be done but this is a working system that will allow
> many
> > to get rid of their energy consuming PC's with constantly running hard
> > drives and have an Allstar system that fits in the palm of your hand.
> >
> > The web page I have created gives very detailed instructions on how to
> > download, install, and configure your BBB for use with Allstar. The web
> > page is:
> >
> > hamvoip.org
> >
> > There you will find a link to download the image and also to join the
> > arm-allstar email list. Please try to address questions specific to the
> BBB
> > and Allstar to the arm-allstar list and not the apt-rpt list.
> >
> > While the code is the current Acid release there are many differences in
> > how things are done on the BBB and the OS we are using, Arch Linux, is
> much
> > different than Centos or Debian. Please refer to the web page for
> detailed
> > info on some of the differences. We also recommend that you NOT use the
> > nodesetup routine that is offered on the standard Acid release. In many
> > ways this is faulty and often more trouble than it is worth. For that
> > reason we have renamed nodesteup on the image and made it non-executable.
> > Besides what is described on the web page there is a very detailed how-to
> > describing first time setup of the config files. We encourage you to edit
> > the existing config files rather than wholesale copying your existing
> > configs on top of the examples. There is a little learning involved but
> in
> > the long run it is good to know how things work by configuring the files
> on
> > your own.
> >
> > We also encourage you to make image backups once you have your system
> > configured. This will avoid having to recreate your configuration should
> a
> > failure of some kind occur. While we have not seen any problems with
> power
> > failures and as far as we know not one SD card has ever failed running
> > Allstar there is always a first time and better safe than sorry.
> >
> > This release does not have the backup/restore scripts that we promised
> but
> > they will be available soon. Basically what they will do is copy
> > /etc/asterisk and all directories under it in entirety into a tar file
> and
> > then you would use winscp or a similar file copy program to transfer the
> > tar file to another computer. This would allow you to make updates of the
> > image when new code is released in the future without losing your former
> > configuration. For now you can do this manually. See the howto on the web
> > page for instructions on doing image and directory backups. It is not
> hard
> > to do and well worth the piece of mind.
> >
> > Have fun and I hope you enjoy your new BBB Allstar node. There will be
> > many more features and upgrades available in the future all of which will
> > be announced on the arm-allstar email list. There are already plenty of
> > experienced users on the list that can help you with any problems you
> might
> > have.
> >
> > 73 Doug, WA3DSP
> >
> >
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