BeagleBone opkg update upgrade

Took it out of the box, plugged in an eithernet cable and USB to the computer, where I can
This weekend after coming back from interviewing in the Bay Area I finally have time to play with the BeagleBone I won at SCALE10x, it is an awesome device.  I am turning it into a NAS, web server and who knows what else.  First the basics, I finally found a way to upgrade the Ångström Linux.

root@beaglebone:~# opkg update
Downloading http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/armv7a/base/Packages.gz.
Inflating http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/armv7a/base/Packages.gz.

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root@beaglebone:~# opkg upgrade

Upgrading kernel-module-rt2x00usb on root from 3.1-r2a+gitr1d84d8853fa30cf3db2571a5aec572accca4e29d to 3.1-r2l+gitr1d84d8853fa30cf3db2571a5aec572accca4e29d...

Downloading http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/armv7a/machine/beaglebone/kernel-module-rt2x00usb_3.1-r2l+gitr1d84d8853fa30cf3db2571a5aec572accca4e29d_beaglebone.ipk.

Upgrading perl-module-cgi-pretty on root from 5.14.2-r0 to 5.14.2-r2...

Downloading http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/armv7a/perl/perl-module-cgi-pretty_5.14.2-r2_armv7a.ipk.

Upgrading perl-module-mime on root from 5.14.2-r0 to 5.14.2-r2...

Downloading http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/armv7a/perl/perl-module-mime_5.14.2-r2_armv7a.ipk.

Upgrading kernel-module-bcm3510 on root from 3.1-r2a+gitr1d84d8853fa30cf3db2571a5aec572accca4e29d to 3.1-r2l+gitr1d84d8853fa30cf3db2571a5aec572accca4e29d...

Downloading http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/armv7a/machine/beaglebone/kernel-module-bcm3510_3.1-r2l+gitr1d84d8853fa30cf3db2571a5aec572accca4e29d_beaglebone.ipk.

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Upgrade took 4 hours, made the mistake of not setting up a screen session so I could disconnect for a while. Missed seeing

Downloading http://feeds.angstrom-distribution.org/feeds/core/ipk/eglibc/all/gateone_0.9-r15_all.ipk.

wget: short write

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Configuring kernel-module-zl10353.

/usr/share/opkg/intercept/depmod: line 4: echo: write error: No space left on de

write error: No space left on device


Got to spend some more time hacking at this BeagleBoard for Saturday, presenting at LiLAX.net