Using the bmap-tools solution worked! Booting using the S2 button pressed worked and a desktop became visible!
I first downloaded the bmap file for the BeagleBone Debian 8.7 image: https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-8.7-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-03-19-4gb.bmap (linked from https://beagleboard.org/latest-images) I then followed the bmap-tools installation instructions on the following URL: https://github.com/MarkAYoder/BeagleBoard-exercises/blob/master/setup/bmap.sh <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8b08EZXCnIU/WN194FrRhEI/AAAAAAAAAGE/ub2C3QCUvL46Ul2A2hgJlg9pHvLGjM8lwCLcB/s1600/beaglebone-bmap-tool.png> To flash the eMMC you need to change a file in the boot partition. To turn these images into eMMC flasher images, edit the /boot/uEnv.txt file > on the Linux partition on the microSD card and remove the '#' on the line > with 'cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh'. > Enabling this will cause booting the microSD card to flash the eMMC. Images > are no longer provided here for this to avoid people accidentally > overwriting their eMMC flash. It shows a night rider animation on the LEDs, indicating that the image is written to the eMMC memory. Thanks a lot for the support! -- 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/59c8d777-285b-4cdd-b953-9721eda29d97%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
