Have you tried plugging ia serial cable into the local serial port? That should work as long as you still know the password. No network links involved.
---Graham == On Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 6:30:17 AM UTC-5 pietb...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi > > I'm a Linux blockhead. > > I just got a BeagleBone Black. > > I'm working with it from a Windows10 computer using Putty and WinSCP. > > In trying to set a static eth0 IP, (successful) and getting it to use > 8.8.8.8 as DNS, I managed to lock myself out of it completely. (Long story, > involving adding and deleting things in files, adjusting write permissions > in folders, removing connman and so forth). > > So now I cannot log in to the BBB with any profile. Not it's > default 192.168.7.1 through USB, or anything else which worked previously. > (I had deleted the ethernet static IP previously anyway).. > > I get: > Network error: Connection refused > > I did not make a backup of whatever it had on it's eMMC beforehand. > > So: > Putty does not work with any IP address > WinSCP does not work with any IP address > The Browser interface does not work with any IP address > > I can ping 192.168.7.1 > With the BBB plugged into a USB port, I have access to the "BeagleBone > Getting Started" drive in Windows File Explorer. > > So naturally I'm trying to get the thing working again. So would this work? > > I buy some sort of "USB to microSD" device. Something like this: > > > <https://media.takealot.com/covers_images/71f4c8bba6e04ef8869d73e26b8427bb/s-pdpxl.file> > > I download some Ubuntu image from somewhere onto my Windows laptop. (I > decided that I might as well go to UBUNTU rather than the Debian it has, > while I'm at it). > > I write this image out to the microSD through USB. > > I stick the microSD into the BBB and push some button to get it booting > from the microSD. > > So once I get it working again, I can transfer the UBUNTU image from the > microSD to the eMMC. > > > Please help! > -- 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/838e8c70-9da6-4345-9344-31fbc5afe6a0n%40googlegroups.com.
