Hi, welcome to Sabayon for the BeagleBoard xM.

First of all, you may want to install the image into a new SDHC card.
Make sure to have enough space for it, for example, if you downloaded
the 4GB version, make sure you're using a 4GB SDHC stick.

Other requirements:
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  - a Linux distro to copy the image to the SDHC
  - a SDHC reader
  - a root shell on the Linux distro


How to burn the image:
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Insert the SDHC memory into your reader (make sure that the LOCK
switch is turned off). After a few seconds, type:

  # dmesg | tail -n 10

In the last kernel message lines you will be able to read the
actual device name, might be something like "sdc" or in general
"sdX" where X is just a letter.
Make sure to see the same device name inside /dev directory.

Once you got the name, just dump the image into that, in this
example, we assume that the device is /dev/sdc and the image
name is "Sabayon_Linux_8_armv7a_BeagleBoard_xM_4GB.img".
Do this as root!

  # xzcat Sabayon_Linux_8_armv7a_BeagleBoard_xM_4GB.img > /dev/sdd

Once it is done, check for any error using:

  # dmesg | tail -n 10

And if it's all good, type:

  # sync; sync; sync

To make sure everything has been flushed to the device.

At this point, extract your SDHC and place it into the BeagleBoard xM.
You're set!


How to change keyboard mapping:
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Our images come with "keyboard-setup", a shell too that lets you easily
do this, just type:

  # keyboard-setup "<your keyboard layout code>" all

Then reboot!


How to change language:
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Open /etc/locale.gen and add your locale (you can find a full list
at: /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED).
Make sure to add UTF-8 locales, this is what we support.
Once you've added your line, just type:

  # language-setup "<your locale, without the .UTF-8 part>" system

Then reboot!