I'd recommend connecting an appropriate USB-serial cable to the serial console header, and seeing what it spits out there during boot.
Alternatively, load a microSD card with a recent distro (I recommend Debian): http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian Pop the SD card in and power on the board. It should boot from the SD card. If not, you need to hold a button down (not the power or reset buttons, the other one). Note that images with "flasher" in the name will re-write the eMMC with that version. Console images are smaller and intended to be used via ssh or the serial console. > On Apr 20, 2016, at 21:04 , Nathan Wheeler <wheelersou...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I did a search - maybe someone is better at it than I am and could help > connect me to an explanation/solution? Anyway, here's what has happened: > > I got my board in the mail yesterday and connected it to my new MacBook Pro > Retina (running OSX 10.11.3). I was able to ssh over USB after installing the > included drivers and write/run code on the board. I didn't write anything > special, just practiced loading a python example to the board. > > I didn't know that pulling the USB cable without turning the board off via > the Power button could corrupt the eMMC onboard. I understand I should have > read the manual, but I think this information needs to be included on any > "quick start" info provided to beginners. (If they tell you how to turn it > on, shouldn't they tell you how to safely turn it off?) I have a lot of > experience with Arduino and mistakenly thought that I could unplug the > BeagleBone from power without any other shutdown steps. > > So now, the board powers on and the user LEDs flash, and the board shows up > as an external storage device on my laptop. But the IP address has changed to > 198.168.7.1, and any attempts to ssh either result in a timeout or require > password authentication. And the default passwords provided on Adafruit and > other places are not working. > > So, my questions are: > • How do I know if I've corrupted the data in the eMMC? Will the board act > normally but not connect? > • If I can't ssh via USB, will I be able to do so via ethernet, or should I > just start over/do a restore of Angstrom? > • Is Angstrom stiil the default distro, or are the boards shipping with > Debian now? > • Is this possibly an El Capitan issue? I read a little about that, but I > downloaded and installed a HoRNDIS version that was supposed to fix the issue. > > Thanks for your help - I'm really looking forward to learning how to use this > board and become part of the community. I build interactive interfaces for > musical performance and am excited about the possibilities offered here. > > - Nate > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bcdcae01-ee98-4900-b795-f5b372ded41f%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Rick Mann rm...@latencyzero.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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/0C506638-23A4-4659-B03E-C1F984EE8630%40latencyzero.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.