Using Windows host instead of Linux host for DM6467T EVM development (aka Spectrum Digital HD1080P)

Helmut Forren

(Please note that this is a breakout thread from http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/f/356/p/86363/298144.aspx#298144)

I currently have multiple Windows PCs but no Linux in house. After reviewing my roadmap at http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/f/356/p/86363/298144.aspx#298144, are there any things I'll be needing to do that really REQUIRE Linux?

For example, can I change boot methods using a Windows PC? The wiki at http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/GSG:_DM6467_DVEVM_Additional_Procedures#Alternate_Boot_Methods gives only Linux instructions (and doesn't give instructions at all for NAND file system).

Thanks,

Helmut

over 14 years ago

0 Helmut Forren over 14 years ago

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I just learned that my Mac Mini OS is built on some flavor of Linux. I run Terminal and get a Linux prompt. Might I be able to use it for the various things I need to do, where documentation wants Linux?

0 Siddharth Heroor over 14 years ago

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Hi,

If you have windows machines but no dedicated linux machines, you can install and run linux on VirtualBox or VMWare that you install on Windows. Please see the following Wiki topics -

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/How_to_Build_a_Ubuntu_Linux_host_under_VirtualBox
http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/How_to_Build_a_Ubuntu_Linux_host_under_VMware

Please note that you can develop code for the DSP using CCS running on the Windows and load it to your EVM via JTAG. However that may not work for linux development.

--Sid

0 Helmut Forren over 14 years ago in reply to Siddharth Heroor

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Thanks, Sid. I thought about VMWare, for which I have an old copy. What about my Mac with OS X 10.6.5, do you know?

0 Siddharth Heroor over 14 years ago in reply to Helmut Forren

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Helmut Forren said:

Thanks, Sid. I thought about VMWare, for which I have an old copy. What about my Mac with OS X 10.6.5, do you know?

Mac OS X may work but we have not tried or tested it. I'm not fully familiar with OS X to comment on whether it will work.

VMWare player is a free download that you can use with the procedures in the wiki page. I have used it other SDKs and it works fine.

--Sid

0 Helmut Forren over 14 years ago in reply to Siddharth Heroor

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Instructions linked by Sid for running ubuntu on VMware worked great: http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/How_to_Build_a_Ubuntu_Linux_host_under_VMware

Here's what I accomplished in the end: http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/f/354/p/87307/301713.aspx#301713

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Using Windows host instead of Linux host for DM6467T EVM development (aka Spectrum Digital HD1080P)