Thank gerald. I will contact them. Regards
On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 7:58:00 AM UTC+5:30, Gerald wrote: > > I suggest you contact Element 14 customer support for assistance with your > board. > > Gerald > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Madhukar Sah <madhu...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Can i conclude that my specific board has got some issue. Shall i >> proceed for replacement. Can i take it for my confirmation that the above >> detailed step by step procedure what i have described would work on a >> working board. >> >> >> >> On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 7:18:28 PM UTC+5:30, Madhukar Sah wrote: >>> >>> I have beaglebone black element14 rev C. >>> Is there any problem in rev C related to booting from SDcard? >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Madhukar Sah <madhu...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> I also did all the instruction give at >>>> *http://www.armhf.com/boards/beaglebone-black/bbb-sd-install/ >>>> <http://www.armhf.com/boards/beaglebone-black/bbb-sd-install/> *except >>>> i gave the boot partition type as *'c(W95 FAT32 (LBA)'* rather than >>>> *'e(W95 >>>> FAT16 (LBA))'* >>>> >>>> That did not work as well. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Madhukar Sah >>>> >>>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Madhukar Sah <madhu...@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I followed the above given site instructions but that failed as well. >>>>> Steps followed according to >>>>> https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black#BeagleBoneBlack-SetupmicroSDcard >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>> 1. Cross compiler set-up >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ wget -c >>>>> https://releases.linaro.org/14.09/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux.tar.xz >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ tar xf >>>>> gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux.tar.xz >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ export >>>>> CC=`pwd`/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf- >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ ${CC}gcc --version >>>>> arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.9-2014.09 - >>>>> Linaro GCC 4.9-2014.09) 4.9.2 20140904 (prerelease) >>>>> Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >>>>> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There >>>>> is NO >>>>> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR >>>>> PURPOSE. >>>>> >>>>> 2. Bootloader >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ cd u-boot/ >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ git checkout v2015.10 -b tmp >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ wget -c >>>>> https://rcn-ee.com/repos/git/u-boot-patches/v2015.10/0001-am335x_evm-uEnv.txt-bootz-n-fixes.patch >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ patch -p1 < >>>>> 0001-am335x_evm-uEnv.txt-bootz-n-fixes.patch >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} am335x_evm_defconfig >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} >>>>> >>>>> 3. Linux Kernel >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ cd bb-kernel/ >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ ./build_kernel.sh >>>>> ----------------------------- >>>>> Script Complete >>>>> eewiki.net: [user@localhost:~$ export kernel_version=4.1.13-bone16] >>>>> ----------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 4. Setup Micro SD card >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ lsblk >>>>> NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT >>>>> sda 8:0 0 298.1G 0 disk >>>>> ├─sda1 8:1 0 30.2G 0 part >>>>> ├─sda2 8:2 0 1K 0 part >>>>> ├─sda5 8:5 0 7.5G 0 part [SWAP] >>>>> ├─sda6 8:6 0 127.2G 0 part >>>>> ├─sda7 8:7 0 7.5G 0 part [SWAP] >>>>> └─sda8 8:8 0 125.8G 0 part / >>>>> sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk >>>>> └─sdb1 8:17 1 3.7G 0 part >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ export DISK=/dev/sdb >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=${DISK} bs=1M count=10 >>>>> [sudo] password for utl: >>>>> 10+0 records in >>>>> 10+0 records out >>>>> 10485760 bytes (10 MB) copied, 2.97229 s, 3.5 MB/s >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo dd if=./u-boot/MLO of=${DISK} count=1 seek=1 >>>>> bs=128k >>>>> 0+1 records in >>>>> 0+1 records out >>>>> 65812 bytes (66 kB) copied, 0.0452465 s, 1.5 MB/s >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo dd if=./u-boot/u-boot.img of=${DISK} count=2 >>>>> seek=1 bs=384k >>>>> 0+1 records in >>>>> 0+1 records out >>>>> 318004 bytes (318 kB) copied, 0.0554741 s, 5.7 MB/s >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sfdisk --version >>>>> sfdisk from util-linux 2.20.1 >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sfdisk --in-order --Linux --unit M ${DISK} >>>>> <<-__EOF__ >>>>> > 1,,L,* >>>>> > __EOF__ >>>>> >>>>> Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ... >>>>> OK >>>>> >>>>> Disk /dev/sdb: 1017 cylinders, 124 heads, 62 sectors/track >>>>> >>>>> sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature >>>>> /dev/sdb: unrecognized partition table type >>>>> Old situation: >>>>> No partitions found >>>>> New situation: >>>>> Warning: The partition table looks like it was made >>>>> for C/H/S=*/43/12 (instead of 1017/124/62). >>>>> For this listing I'll assume that geometry. >>>>> Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting >>>>> from 0 >>>>> >>>>> Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System >>>>> /dev/sdb1 * 1 3818 3818 3909632 83 Linux >>>>> start: (c,h,s) expected (3,41,9) found (0,33,3) >>>>> end: (c,h,s) expected (1023,42,12) found (1017,42,12) >>>>> /dev/sdb2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>>>> /dev/sdb3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>>>> /dev/sdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty >>>>> Successfully wrote the new partition table >>>>> >>>>> Re-reading the partition table ... >>>>> >>>>> If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use >>>>> dd(1) >>>>> to zero the first 512 bytes: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 >>>>> count=1 >>>>> (See fdisk(8).) >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${DISK}1 -L rootfs >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${DISK}1 -L rootfs >>>>> mke2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) >>>>> Filesystem label=rootfs >>>>> OS type: Linux >>>>> Block size=4096 (log=2) >>>>> Fragment size=4096 (log=2) >>>>> Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks >>>>> 244800 inodes, 977408 blocks >>>>> 48870 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user >>>>> First data block=0 >>>>> Maximum filesystem blocks=1002438656 >>>>> 30 block groups >>>>> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group >>>>> 8160 inodes per group >>>>> Superblock backups stored on blocks: >>>>> 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736 >>>>> >>>>> Allocating group tables: done >>>>> Writing inode tables: done >>>>> Creating journal (16384 blocks): done >>>>> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/ >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mount ${DISK}1 /media/rootfs/ >>>>> >>>>> Backup-bootloader >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/ >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo cp -v ./u-boot/MLO /media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/ >>>>> `./u-boot/MLO' -> `/media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/MLO' >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo cp -v ./u-boot/u-boot.img >>>>> /media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/ >>>>> `./u-boot/u-boot.img' -> `/media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/u-boot.img' >>>>> >>>>> Copy root file system : >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo tar xfvp >>>>> ubuntu-14.04.3-minimal-armhf-2015-09-07/armhf-rootfs-ubuntu-trusty.tar -C >>>>> /media/rootfs/ >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ export kernel_version=4.1.13-bone16 >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sh -c "echo 'uname_r=${kernel_version}' >> >>>>> /media/rootfs/boot/uEnv.txt" >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo cp -v ./bb-kernel/deploy/${kernel_version}.zImage >>>>> /media/rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-${kernel_version} >>>>> `./bb-kernel/deploy/4.1.13-bone16.zImage' -> >>>>> `/media/rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-4.1.13-bone16' >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/boot/dtbs/${kernel_version}/ >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo tar xfv >>>>> ./bb-kernel/deploy/${kernel_version}-dtbs.tar.gz -C >>>>> /media/rootfs/boot/dtbs/${kernel_version}/ >>>>> ./am335x-arduino-tre.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-base0033.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-bone-can0.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-bone-cape-bone-argus.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-bone.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-bbb-exp-c.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-bbb-exp-r.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-can0.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-cape-bone-argus.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-emmc-overlay.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-hdmi-overlay.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-nhdmi-overlay.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-replicape.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack-wl1835mod.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-boneblack.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-bonegreen.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-chiliboard.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-evm.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-evmsk.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-lxm.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-nano.dtb >>>>> ./am335x-pepper.dtb >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo tar xfv >>>>> ./bb-kernel/deploy/${kernel_version}-modules.tar.gz -C /media/rootfs/ >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sh -c "echo '/dev/mmcblk0p1 / auto >>>>> errors=remount-ro 0 1' >> /media/rootfs/etc/fstab" >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo nano /media/rootfs/etc/network/interfaces >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo nano /media/rootfs/etc/init/serial.conf >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sync >>>>> >>>>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo umount /media/rootfs >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Madhukar Sah >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Robert Nelson <robert...@gmail.com >>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Madhukar Sah <madhu...@gmail.com >>>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>> > I downloaded the MLO and u-boot images from the above mentioned >>>>>> sites. But >>>>>> > that did not work as well. Following is what i did step by step. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 1. Renamed the MLO-am335x_evm-v2015.10-r12 to MLO >>>>>> > 2. Renamed the u-boot-am335x_evm-v2015.10-r12.img to u-boot.img >>>>>> > 3. Ran the following script( which i downloaded from one of the >>>>>> sites) to >>>>>> > partition the SDCARD >>>>>> > >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> > #!/bin/bash >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # >>>>>> > # Script for formatting SD Card for booting Linux. >>>>>> > # >>>>>> > # Author: David Weber >>>>>> > # Copyright (C) 2011 Avnet Electronics Marketing >>>>>> > # >>>>>> > # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or >>>>>> modify >>>>>> > # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as >>>>>> published by >>>>>> > # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or >>>>>> > # (at your option) any later version. >>>>>> > # >>>>>> > # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, >>>>>> > # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of >>>>>> > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the >>>>>> > # GNU General Public License for more details. >>>>>> > # >>>>>> > # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License >>>>>> > # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software >>>>>> > # Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. >>>>>> > # >>>>>> > >>>>>> > function print_msg() >>>>>> > { >>>>>> > echo "" >>>>>> > echo >>>>>> > >>>>>> "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >>>>>> > echo " $1" >>>>>> > echo >>>>>> > >>>>>> "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------" >>>>>> > } >>>>>> > >>>>>> > device=/dev/sdb; >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # check command arguments >>>>>> > if [ "$#" -lt "1" ]; then >>>>>> > echo "usage: sudo $0 <disk> [part1 size (MB)] [part2 size (MB)]" >>>>>> > exit; >>>>>> > fi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > if [ ! -b "${device}" ]; then >>>>>> > print_msg "Error: device ${device} not found" >>>>>> > exit >>>>>> > fi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # setup some constants >>>>>> > n_heads=255 >>>>>> > n_sectors=63 >>>>>> >>>>>> ^ That was a bug in x-loader, around 2009, fixed a long time ago.. >>>>>> >>>>>> > sector_sz=512 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # setup some defaults >>>>>> > part1_MB=120 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > if [ "$#" -gt "1" ]; then >>>>>> > part1_MB=$2 >>>>>> > fi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > part1_n_cyl=`echo >>>>>> ${part1_MB}*1024*1024/${sector_sz}/${n_heads}/${n_sectors} >>>>>> > | bc` >>>>>> > part2_n_cyl= >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # if the second partition size is specified, calculate n cylinders >>>>>> for it >>>>>> > if [ "$#" -gt "2" ]; then >>>>>> > part2_MB=$3 >>>>>> > part2_n_cyl=`echo >>>>>> > ${part2_MB}*1024*1024/${sector_sz}/${n_heads}/${n_sectors} | bc` >>>>>> > fi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # setup partition types >>>>>> > dos=0x0C >>>>>> > linux=L >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # assign partition types to each partition >>>>>> > part1_type=${dos} >>>>>> > part2_type=${linux} >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # assign partition labels to each partition >>>>>> > part1_label=boot >>>>>> > part2_label=root >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # unmount any existing device partitions >>>>>> > print_msg "Unmounting any mounted partitions on ${device}" >>>>>> > devlist=`df | grep ${device}` >>>>>> > if [ "$devlist" != "" ]; then >>>>>> > df | grep ${device} | awk '{print $1}' | xargs umount >>>>>> > fi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > mbr_sz=532 >>>>>> > mbr_file=sd.mbr.dd >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # see man page for sfdisk for more info >>>>>> > print_msg "Clearing MBR (first ${mbr_sz} bytes) of ${device}" >>>>>> > dd of=${device} if=/dev/zero bs=${mbr_sz} count=1 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # create partition table >>>>>> > print_msg "Creating partition table on ${device}" >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # look for the MBR saved from a previous execution of this script >>>>>> > if [ -f "${mbr_file}" ]; then >>>>>> > dd of=${device} if=${mbr_file} bs=${mbr_sz} count=1 >>>>>> > else >>>>>> > fdisk ${device} > /dev/null << EOF >>>>>> > w >>>>>> > EOF >>>>>> > # save off the MBR so we can avoid running fdisk next time this >>>>>> script >>>>>> > runs, because >>>>>> > # fdisk always produces a warning message >>>>>> > dd of=${mbr_file} if=${device} bs=${mbr_sz} count=1 >>>>>> > fi >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # calculate number of cylinders on disk >>>>>> > device_sz=`blockdev --getsize64 ${device}` >>>>>> > n_cylinders=`echo >>>>>> ${device_sz}*1024/${n_heads}/${n_sectors}/${sector_sz} | >>>>>> > bc` >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # create the partitions on the disk >>>>>> > print_msg "Creating boot and root partitions on ${device}" >>>>>> > sfdisk -D -H ${n_heads} -S ${n_sectors} -C ${n_cylinders} ${device} >>>>>> << EOF >>>>>> > ,${part1_n_cyl},${part1_type},* >>>>>> > ,${part2_n_cyl},${part2_type},- >>>>>> > EOF >>>>>> >>>>>> ^ That's broken in sfdisk >= 2.26.x >>>>>> >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # insure that the kernel is aware of the new partitions >>>>>> > partprobe ${device} >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # format the partitions >>>>>> > print_msg "Formatting (FAT32) boot partition ${device}1" >>>>>> > mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n "${part1_label}" ${device}1 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > print_msg "Formatting (EXT3) root partition ${device}2" >>>>>> > mkfs.ext3 -L "${part2_label}" ${device}2 >>>>>> > >>>>>> > # list the partitions to verify success >>>>>> > sfdisk -l ${device} >>>>>> > >>>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 4. Pulled out the SD card USB adaptor and inserted it again. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 5. Created the boot and root directories in /media >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #sudo mkdir /media/boot >>>>>> > #sudo mkdir /media/root >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 6. Mounted the /dev/sdb1(the fat32 partition) and /dev/sdb2(the root >>>>>> > partition) >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/boot >>>>>> > #sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/root >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 7. Copied the MLO and u-boot.img file to boot mount >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #sudo cp ./MLO /media/boot >>>>>> > #sudo cp ./u-boot.img /media/boot >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 8. Unmounted the boot and root partitions >>>>>> > >>>>>> > #sudo umount /media/boot >>>>>> > #sudo umount /media/root >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 9. Pulled out the usb adaptor from the PC >>>>>> > 10. removed the sdcard from that and inserted in the beaglebone >>>>>> sdcard slot >>>>>> > 11. Pressed the boot button and given power >>>>>> > 12. NOTHING CAME ON THE CONSOLE >>>>>> > 13. pulled out the power and given again without pressing the boot >>>>>> button, >>>>>> > and after around 1 min got sequence of "C" on the console. >>>>>> >>>>>> I gave you a link for a reason: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black#BeagleBoneBlack-SetupmicroSDcard >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Robert Nelson >>>>>> https://rcn-ee.com/ >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> -- >> 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Gerald > > ger...@beagleboard.org <javascript:> > http://beagleboard.org/ > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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