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Running Ubuntu on DevKit8500D (Natty Kernel and Lucid RootFS)

In ARM Linux, Ubuntu on 28 October 2011 with no comments 991 views

BeagleBoard xM that comes with Texas Instruments’ DM3730 DaVinci™ processor has its Chinese sister from Embest, the DevKit8500D evaluation kit. This similarity and eLinux wiki (showing working previous DevKit8000) have made me confident that Ubuntu would also port to this board with no hassle. As always, that wasn’t the story. I tried preinstalled images available [...]