Hi, when I do:

$ tar xJf ubuntu-13.04-console-armhf-2013-04-26.tar.xz

I get:

"tar: Cannot use multi-volume compressed archives".

Nevermind, I used Ark util and it went well. Thank you!!!

I'm glad you found a solution, thanks for posting it!

I used this to install ubuntu-13.04-console-armhf-2013-05-29.tar.xz and it worked like charm. I didn't encounter any issues with tar as mentioned above, but did have to remove the "else" clause in the check_mmc function setup_sdcard.sh script.

I installed wheezy directly using the images I found on armhf.com: http://www.armhf.com/index.php/boards/beaglebone-black

Dan, glad it worked for you! I am also glad to hear I am not the only one who had problems with the shell script.

wolfrum, that image is fine but you do not have to necessarily use that image. That image is a bit out dated now. You should be able to use the newest Ubuntu-arm image that I supplied in my post. But it really does not matter!

I walked through the tutorial and installed Ubuntu 13.04 on the eMMC on my Beaglebone Black. I even went through and built a 512MB swap file on the eMMC to give me some extra memory to work with. I also uninstalled Apache2 and replaced it with Nginx for a more lightweight web server. I plan on using my BBB for some web app development. I have a nice 32GB class 10 micro SD card that I would like to use as my storage volume. I have seen in the past where folks setup /home on a separate volume but I am not sure if I want to do that. My current plan is to setup a direct on the storage volume for each user and then link to it from their home directory (as an example: the eMMC has /home/voort/Public and I build a symbolic link to /voort/Public on the storage volume). This way each user could develop in their own directory and I can have Nginx point to those Public directories on the storage volume to display web content. My question is, what is the best way to create that storage volume and insure that it is mounted if the BBB gets rebooted? Could you throw together a post that shows that or do have a link to a post that would help with that? Thanks!

So I have gotten ubuntu working with networking, ssh etc, Now I want to clone the image on the BeagleBone Black and use the image on another BBB. What is the best way to do this?
I was also wondering what a barebone OS would be need so I could set it up so a BBB to do a PXE boot.

Thank you for the turoria.I want to know if Iboot from ubuntu on the sd card.Can i keep login the new system by use the usb cap on putty on 192.168.7.2:22.
I'm not good at english.Hope you can understand me.

Voort, to auto-mount a device, you should follow these steps:

1) Create mounting directory and chmod to 777
   mkdir /mnt/usb
   sudo chmod 777 /mnt/usb

2) Edit the fstab file...
   sudo nano /etc/fstab

3) Add entry for the hard drive (find your mount location, mine was sda1):
   /dev/sda1     /mnt/usb           auto          users,auto              0           0
Instead of "users, auto" use "defaults" if you wish to have root be the only user to have access.

4) Save the changes and restart.

Link for reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions

Greg, I have never created a clone image of an OS before, so I have no idea. And Ubuntu or Fedora on the non-GUI version is the most "barebone" OS that I am familiar with (there is probably others, but good luck finding good tutorials or docs haha).

Xiaorong, I am not sure if you can still access the beaglebone through USB, but you can access it over ethernet using SSH. Follow this link, it should work: http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/03/enable-ssh-secure-shell-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

Thank you for you reply.This is my problem.
I don't have a HDMI cable and a monitor.So I need to access the beaglebone black through USB or ethernet.And use a usb cable is really simple(both power and access).
If I access it over ethernet after install the new ubuntu,how can i know the ip address and whether the openssh is up.if not then i can't access it.
So how did you access it after install the new OS.Connect a monitor by use a HDMI cable?

Xiaorong, I believe that SSH is initially enabled upon new install, have you tried to connect via SSH yet? Also just for reference, when your beaglebone connects to your router it is assigned an IP address (I would make this a static IP address), so all you need to do is boot up PuTTY, then enter that IP address that your router assigned to the beaglebone and the custom port that you entered when setting up SSH. Then it will prompt you for the root username/password.

Hope this helps!

As an alternative to the above, you can get a pre-installed and configured micro SD Flash with Ubuntu 13.04 on it:

https://www.akirisolutions.com/products/beagle-bone/ubuntu

throwing a 404 at first step

Tim, where is the fun in that? Haha.

Connor, thanks for the heads up, the link should be fixed now (it appears as though they remove old images instead of keeping them).

Is there any possible way of installing Cloud9 IDE onto Ubuntu again (Like it is on Angstrom) ?

Googled hard, but without success :S

MrMaxx, Cloud9 IDE appears to be a fully in-browser IDE, so I think you just go to their website and sign up to use it. It does appear as though you can install it locally after you have logged in. I don't have an account so I can't verify that, but I did find a couple good guides on installing Cloud9 locally:

http://www.samclarke.com/2012/07/how-to-install-cloud-9-ide-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin/

if the first one doesn't work:

http://gratdevel.blogspot.com/2011/03/setting-up-cloud9-on-ubuntu-1010-32-bit.html

Thank you very much for your post!
I have been fighting for a while and your tutorial finally saved me.
I missed just two things along the process that I needed (maybe you want to add them):
# apt-get install xz-utils
# apt-get install parted

Edu, glad to hear everyone worked out well. As for your suggestion, I will update the post to tell users about other possible dependencies needed.