I've created the MachineKit SD card image. Verified as non-corrupted. I've held down the Boot button and powered up the Beaglebone Black. I use PuTTY on WIN7 to connect. I log in as machinekit. Enter the same as password. And the system hangs there doing nothing else. Clearly it runs to a point since getting to the sign on point is at least a little bit successful.
login as: machinekit Debian GNU/Linux 7 BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-19 Support/FAQ: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian machinekit@beaglebone.local's password: Removing the SD card and booting from the eMMC I've still got my Angstrom image so the same approach does work so the hardware and connections are all ok. login as: root root@beaglebone.local's password: root@beaglebone:~# date Sat Aug 16 12:58:47 PDT 2014 root@beaglebone:~# lsb_release -a Distributor ID: Angstrom Description: Angstrom GNU/Linux v2012.12 (Core edition) Release: v2012.12 Codename: Core edition root@beaglebone:~# Don't have the slightest idea where to even start since the image didn't list a root password either. I am using only a 4GB SD card. Perhaps I should pick up an 8GB? Thanks John -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.