You just need any serial terminal program that will run under Windows 7 I’m not sure if Putty will, but Windows 7 should have a “compatibility” mode …
"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmond Burke (1729 - 1797) http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/bill-pretty/2b/b07/602 From: beagleboard@googlegroups.com [mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raj Bharath RB Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 8:02 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] microSD card format & Image installing issue Hi Robert, In order to see the BBB booting debug process with the help of usb-serial ftdi cable in my laptop, I need to have Ubuntu installed in my laptop right as I am using Windows 7 now? Basically, I will be needing to use serial connection in putty in Ubuntu? Many thanks! On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Raj Bharath RB <rajbharat...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Robert! Have to get a cable now. On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Robert Nelson <robertcnel...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Raj Bharath RB <rajbharat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Actually, as said by you, I downloaded the image BBB Rev C (4GB eMMC) > (Flasher: lxde: (1.7GB Free on 4GB eMMC)) in the link > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#2014-12-31 as I use BBB > Rev C. I verified the Md5 to be the same. > > Then I installed the image in 4GB card using Win32 image installer and found > everything normal. I also removed the card and inserted in my PC and found > the files with total size of the card to be 95.7 MB and free space to be > 34MB. I think until this point, everything is ok. > > Next is I inserted the card in BBB, and then supplied power (only through > adapter) while pressing the boot button until a moment after all the LEDs > glowed. Then it seemed that all LEDs glowed randomly but within 10 seconds, > only the 3rd LED (D4) from RESET button is lit throught (many minutes) and > not the other LEDs. > I again pressed the power button till the BBB shuts down and removed the > power and did the same process again. But the same thing happened. > > I waited for ten minutes of flashingand then I shut down BBB and removed the > card and connected the BBB with my PC through USB and tried to so SSH with > putty. But it displayed the error stating the connection timed out. > > Please help me find a solution for this! Thank you. Connect either the HDMI or usb-serial ftdi cable, it'll report what's wrong on both screens'.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/1g8Tnh8wmfU/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:beagleboard%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8956 - Release Date: 01/19/15 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5645 / Virus Database: 4260/8941 - Release Date: 01/16/15 -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
