On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 10:12:04 AM UTC-8, RobertCNelson wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:05 PM, Ray Madigan <raymond...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I have two Rev B beaglebone blacks. One I never used since I bought it. > I > > recently ordered a Rev C to use for my project but I thought I might as > well > > try to make some use the one I have never used. I wanted to put Debian > 7.5 > > on the device so it would be similar to the one I will get in a couple > of > > days. > > > > I first booted the device with the factory installed Angstrom > distribution. > > It worked well. > > I then downloaded the image from http://beagleboard.org/latest-images > > > > I downloaded > > > > Older Debian images > > BeagleBone Black (eMMC flasher) > > Debian 7.5 (BeagleBone Black - 2GB eMMC) 2014-05-14 - more info - > bittorrent > > - md5: 74615fb680af8f252c034d3807c9b4ae > > > > > > > > I put the image on a microSd card, held the boot button down until it > > started to echo info to the display > > > > It booted and the screen showed in red letters that it was a temporary > > installation and I needed to flash to the eMMC. I used the terminal > program > > and it seemed to work. I didn't have time to flash it so I shut it down. > > >> You shutdown mid flash... So it never completed the eMMC install, so > >> yeah, you have to reflash now... > > >> Here is the latest "stable" 7.x-wheezy/3.8 kernel/2GB: > >> > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#BBB.2FBBG_.28All_Revs.29_eMMC_Flashers > > <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Felinux.org%2FBeagleboard%3ABeagleBoneBlack_Debian%23BBB.2FBBG_.28All_Revs.29_eMMC_Flashers&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGsDW_xPydCCOp5vncsa7u83SGx_Q> > > > >> btw, we nuked this method, now you users don't get a temp session to > >> play around anymore, everyone has to wait and watch the flashing > >> process ;) > > This is great, I really appreciate your help.
I wish I had known that it was flashing. Some link sent me to this page: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Flashing_eMMC which told me I had to edit a file and reflash. To setup the standalone microSD image to automatically flash the eMMC on > powerup.In /boot/uEnv.txt: ##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher: cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh If this is no longer valid is there something I can do to modify the page? > A couple of hours later I went back to try it again and it would not boot > > the original Angstrom, the blue led's all stay on and nothing happens. > If I > > try to load the Debian image I get 3 lines on the display that I will > post > > next. > > > > [25.132791] libphy: PHY 4a101000.mdio:01 not found > > [25.137954] net etho: phy 4a101000.mdio.01 not found on slave 1 > > [28.305991] tilcdc 4830e000.fb: timeout waiting framedone > > > > Then it waits a period and seems go go to neverlnd. The display responds > > that it has lost its signal. > > > > Any help would be useful. > > > > Useful responses might be something like: > > > > Sorry dude, your device is now bricked. > > or > > Maybe you can get better response here > > or > > Advice on how to reset the device or something. > > 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
