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Subject: Re: Ada: A beginners experience
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On Saturday, July 14, 2018 at 9:15:47 PM UTC+8, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2018-07-14 14:20, blakemichael073@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > If setting up a beaglebone black with one of the linux operating systems and working with Ada from there will be an easier option then I start from this point.
> 
> This should work out of the box. Debian or Fedora either has the latest 
> GNAT FSF Ada in GCC 8. BB has enough memory to compile right on the 
> board, so you need not to bother setting up a cross compiler. Even GPS 
> should work.
> 
> BTW, use a small external hard-drive to keep the system there or at 
> least the user home. SD card is unreliable under extensive writing, you 
> may experience system crashes if you would compile your things on SD. 
> (You still boot from the SD but then switch to the hard-drive)
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Dmitry A. Kazakov
> http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

Thank you for this advice, I will start giving this a try soon.

Mike Blake