Hello, I'm currently configuring a BeagleBoneBlack (Element14) to be used in a remote location to store a very large amount of sensor data at any given time. To do this, I wanted to boot directly from the SD card so I changed the boot flag on the eMMC. However, after using this setup for a few months, my SD card became corrupted. Whenever I try to boot using that card, it boots into recovery mode and suggest that I run fsck. I tried to do this with no success: https://gist.github.com/zachjacobs/7f7d1d6f9bf3c8e424f9. I am using an SD card that has built in wear leveling so I don't think the issue was caused by too many read/write cycles.
My application may require intermittent power cycling so I need to limit the chance of file system corruption and need to ensure a reliable boot up procedure if that does happen. My initial thought is to have an image on the eMMC and a duplicate image on the first partition of the SD card. If the eMMC boot fails then boot from the SD card. In that scenario, both boot methods would use a secondary partition on the SD card to store the data. I have tried to set this up by using the latest Jessie snapshot flasher image for the eMMC and the microSD/standalone image for my SD card. When I boot with the SD card plugged in (without pushing the S2 button), it skips the eMMC and boots straight to the SD card. When I boot without the SD card, it boots using the eMMC just fine. Did I mess something up that caused this? As you see in the boot sequence for the eMMC, uboot is looking for the SD card: https://gist.github.com/zachjacobs/df76521c58429bdd90d4. And boots the SD card when the SD card is plugged in even though I'm not pressing the S2 button: https://gist.github.com/zachjacobs/66c9e7e3e72baa1c06ab. I noticed both logs show "trying to boot from mmc... bad magic". Does this have something to do with it? Questions: Is my proposed bootup method in the first paragraph typical? In the event of an eMMC corruption and a failed boot to emergency mode, can I somehow protect myself from this partial boot sequence by trying to automatically boot from the SD card? Should I have concerns with eMMC corruption like I saw on the SD card? In the second paragraph, Have I don't something to effect the boot order within uboot that causes the SD card to be first? Thanks! Zach -- 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.
