Boot on sd card

[ber001]

Hello,

I bought a sheeva e-sata with an Ubuntu pre-installed.
Config : sheeva e-sata bought in October 2010 Model : 003-SP1001
I'm not an expert and I want to boot on a sd card (to easy backup the device)
Can somebody explain me how to :
- simply dump the NAND to the sd
- configure my sheeva to boot on the sd
- check if my sheeva booted wel on the sd

Thank you in advance.
BeR

[NewIT_Marcus]

There are plenty of guides for converting your Sheevaplug to boot from SD card. See here for starters (lots of links). Frankly, it is much simpler to start with a fresh O/S on an SD card (and probably better to go with Debian than Ubuntu).

Most methods of booting from SD card rewrite the NAND with a fresh O/S install, so if you have essential data on your NAND you must make sure that you make good backups first.