Thanks Rick, I'll try both of those things. I really appreciate your help. -Nate
On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 9:13:16 PM UTC-7, Rick M wrote: > > 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 <wheele...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> 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...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > 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 <javascript:> > > > -- 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/1da929be-c937-4601-8dfc-22b958f0d9b5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
