S03E34 - HoneyComb LX2 assembly & Slackware Linux install

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Join us for a high level Honey Comb LX2 tour, hardware assembly & Slackware Installation.
This is a serious piece of ARM kit.

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00:00 Introduction
01:50 Title seq.
02:25 Unboxing the HoneyComb LX2
03:19 Board tour
05:10 System RAM
07:36 Mounting the board in the case
08:13 Connecting the cables
11:06 Establishing a connection to the Serial port for console access.
11:57 The noisey fan
12:23 Booting the Slackware Installer
14:56 Creating storage partitions
16:29 Installing Slackware
17:26 Post installation configuration
18:36 Booting from SPI flash
20:01 Booting the Operating System
20:13 Logging in as root
20:31 Outtro

[StupidityInMotion]

For a 1000 USD motherboard, they should have thrown an io shield there :(

[phenanrithe]

Ouch. Leaving a sensitive electronic board on a plastic is really not a good idea. As you probably know, electrostatic can't easily escape plastic, once they've form on it (by friction), so once you drop the board, they'll discharge at the first contact. Those charges can be quite significant, and damage semiconductors. But overall, great video. I'm not entirely convinced by that board, yet, what with the noisy fan, the price, the lack of integrated graphics, the dubious NVMe support. We need more workstation-level options for ARM64 that work with Linux; currently there's nothing except that test board.