On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:18:00 -0700 (PDT), in
gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user Pedro Cruz
<pedlcb-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to flash BB_AI with eMMC flasher
>with am57xx-eMMC-flasher-debian-10.3-iot-armhf-2020-04-06-4gb.img but it
>aborts flashing.
>
I never use the pre-built flasher images. My normal procedure is to use
the "runable" image on the SD card, boot with it, perform any updates (10.3
is positively ancient*), and only after confirming the card is
working/configured do I go in and modify the last line of /boot/uEnv.txt --
which turns the card into a flasher; reboot to flash that image.
>It comes with the following error:
>
>Error: [/dev/mmcblk1] does not exist
>
Where does it "come" -- a proper flasher image takes control at the end
of u-Boot loading uEnv.txt, before any SSH type console is normally
available. That message seems to imply a problem with the SD card -- either
the socket is bad, the card is bad, or possibly it is not formatted for
Linux.
How did you put the image on the card? Balena Etcher has been the
recommended tool for creating working cards from img files, for a few years
now. If you just copied the img file onto a card, it will never work.
* the most recent testing build is
https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2021-04-19/buster-iot/am57xx-debian-10.9-iot-armhf-2021-04-19-4gb.img.xz
which is SIX minor versions of Debian newer. I'd suggest burning that to
the SD card, then booting it to ensure it works (runs). Only after that go
into the /boot/uEnv.txt and uncomment the last line. Reboot. It should
flash the eMMC Remove the SD card and reboot -- confirm the eMMC is up to
the current Debian. Note that this SD card is now a flasher image, and if
you boot with it installed, it will just reflash the eMMC.
--
Dennis L Bieber
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