[beagleboard] Re: I *still* can't get Debian 9 onto my BBB
Robert Nelson wrote: > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:44 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > Robert Nelson wrote: > > > > Thanks for continuing to help Robert. :-) > > > > > >> > What I need (help/information) is:- > >> > > >> > What Debian 9 image to use (minimal non-GUI system) > >> > > >> > How to write it to the microSD card (on a Linux system) > >> > > >> > A script to run that will install it on the eMMC. > >> > >> With: bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz booted on the microSD > >> > >> Run: > >> > >> sudo /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh > >> > > I don't have that script in the existing Debian 7 installation:- > > > > chris@odin:~$ ls /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC > > beaglebone-black-make-microSD-flasher-from-eMMC.sh > > chris@odin:~$ > > > > Should I run it from the mounted Debian 9 image? > > ALL the scripts assume you are directly "running" the image from a > fresh bootup, that you would like to "copy" to the secondary storage. > Don't do anything fancy beyond that. > OK, thanks, that's all I needed to know (I hope). -- Chris Green · -- 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/su1ipe-b79.ln1%40esprimo.zbmc.eu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [beagleboard] Re: I *still* can't get Debian 9 onto my BBB
On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:44 AM, Chris Green wrote: > Robert Nelson wrote: > > Thanks for continuing to help Robert. :-) > > >> > What I need (help/information) is:- >> > >> > What Debian 9 image to use (minimal non-GUI system) >> > >> > How to write it to the microSD card (on a Linux system) >> > >> > A script to run that will install it on the eMMC. >> >> With: bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz booted on the microSD >> >> Run: >> >> sudo /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh >> > I don't have that script in the existing Debian 7 installation:- > > chris@odin:~$ ls /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC > beaglebone-black-make-microSD-flasher-from-eMMC.sh > chris@odin:~$ > > Should I run it from the mounted Debian 9 image? ALL the scripts assume you are directly "running" the image from a fresh bootup, that you would like to "copy" to the secondary storage. Don't do anything fancy beyond that. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- 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/CAOCHtYjdpKLn9pWz2o8NCytPOR9Xi16GuTkgR2Y6cXqpTqNodQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[beagleboard] Re: I *still* can't get Debian 9 onto my BBB
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Wed, 4 Apr 2018 20:52:50 +0100, Chris Green > declaimed the following: > > > > >When inserted in the BBB I want to update it did nothing on rebooting. > >I also tried powering up with the 'boot' button held down but that did > >no good either, it simply did nothing. > > > "nothing"? Did it even boot? > No, it didn't even boot, the single (power?) LED came on but that was all. Had me worried for a minute but without the boot button down it acted quite normally still and booted Debian 7, > >I tried running the script:- > > > >/opt/scripts/tools/beaglebone-black-eMMC-flasher.sh > > > >and that didn't work either (as reported above in an earlier posting), > >it seems to have done something to the microSD which had Debian 9 on > >it too. > > > > Given what I could understand of the script (I'm no where near a BASH > script expert -- my heaviest "shell script" experience is VAX/VMS DCL, > AREXX [Amiga REXX]... I don't consider Python a "scripting language" (AREXX > could be used to control any application that opened an AREXX message port, > and any statement in a script that did not parse as native AREXX would be > sent to the current "command host" -- ie; the shell by default or an > application if one did "address application-name" first -- and the easiest > way to make a statement "not native" was to quote the first word) -- pardon > the harangue -- I understand the script to copy files from the /booted/ > system media to the other media. If it booted from the eMMC, running the > script will copy the eMMC to the SD card. > > I could be all wet with that hypothesis > I think you're spot on actually! :-) I didn't stare all that hard at the code but it certainly did seem to copy from the eMMC to the microSD card. > > > >So, how on earth am I going to get Debian 9 onto my BBB? Surely there > >must be a reliable way to do this, especially as I have a running > >Debian system on it. Is there a script I can get which can install an > >OS from an image on a microSD? I'd really be happiest with a > >script/program I can load and run on my existing system rather than > >some sort of automatic load which requires a combination of buttons > >pressed and power-up sequences. > > > > Boot with your existing system. Insert the SD card. MOUNT the SD card > if it isn't automatically mounted (there was a period of time where the > Wheezy images would auto-mount SD cards). > Yes, my Debian 7 does automount SD cards. > Edit the /boot/uEnv.txt file (NOT a file on the eMMC) as > described http://beagleboard.org/latest-images > > Reboot. If the reboot doesn't read the SD card a start flashing, > reboot > with the boot button held down! Due to the changes in device tree handling > since Wheezy, a Wheezy era eMMC uBoot may not be compatible (hypothesis -- > I don't think I've used the boot button since Wheezy) and my understanding > is that the boot button totally bypasses the eMMC uBoot for the one on the > SD card (newer versions, I believe, use the eMMC uBoot which transfers to > the SD card if installed to complete the boot). > . OK, thanks, that does seem to make sense to me. I'll need to wait until I'm next back on the boat which will be a week or so now. The boat is in France and I'm in England, it's not just down the road! :-) -- Chris Green · -- 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/fu3hpe-beu.ln1%40esprimo.zbmc.eu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[beagleboard] Re: I *still* can't get Debian 9 onto my BBB
Robert Nelson wrote: Thanks for continuing to help Robert. :-) > > What I need (help/information) is:- > > > > What Debian 9 image to use (minimal non-GUI system) > > > > How to write it to the microSD card (on a Linux system) > > > > A script to run that will install it on the eMMC. > > With: bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz booted on the microSD > > Run: > > sudo /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh > I don't have that script in the existing Debian 7 installation:- chris@odin:~$ ls /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC beaglebone-black-make-microSD-flasher-from-eMMC.sh chris@odin:~$ Should I run it from the mounted Debian 9 image? > It should "work", but there is a good reason we moved to flashing the > eMMC in single user mode... > > So IF it fails, follow the standard eMMC flashing directions here: > > https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Flashing_eMMC > OK, thank you. As I said above I'm away from the boat for a while now, I should be able to retry in a week or two. -- Chris Green · -- 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/784hpe-beu.ln1%40esprimo.zbmc.eu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.