Hello Angel, Mine is still collecting dust after my failed attempt at booting off the eSATA and making the modifications you have also done. Very disappointing since it was an expensive purchase. I am also awaiting a solution. The directions on booting from eSATA were not very clear.
Good luck! On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Angel Sosa <xtendedcompu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am new to the X15. I have an XM since it came out and have done many > projects with it. I have recently purchased and X15. My desire is to boot > from a SATA drive connected to the ESATA port. I have verified when booted > from the MMC card the SATA drive is bootable, can mount and it works well. > I imaged the SATA drive with the X15 image, In my case SDA1 is the first > partition created. I have removed R444 and placed a jumper I believe what > is J3 pins 1-2 and have left the R444 resister solder points/mounts empty. > When I try to boot off of the SATA drive the board times out and powers > down. The instructions are a little vague on the on instructions with in > the user manual. I had a similar problem when the partition was enlarged on > the MMC card to 32 gigs, the boot process would timeout. I used the > grow_partition.sh script which fixed the time out issue with the MMC card. > If I hold the X15 board orienting J3, J4,J6 at the upper right corner hand > corner, And join pins 1-2 -- most left hole moving right towards the > center pin, there orientation is horizontal I believe. The board as I > mention powers up and then times out and shuts down. I have tried with the > MMC in and out no avail. I have also purchased two boards at a pretty steep > price and would like to pass them out to family members with the hopes of > purchasing additional boards. But the ESATA/SATA issue is stopping me and I > don't want to return the second board to DIGIKEY. I cant return the first > board well because I modified it by removing the resistor. > > Is the image I used on the SATA drive incorrect or need an adjustment? Are > the PIN orientation as I understand it incorrect. > > Held the X15 so that the ON switch is the upper left and jumpers are upper > right hand corner. > > The drive spins up when I power up the board. So I know the ESATA port is > powering up with the board. > 1 2 3 > | Ethernet | | XX0 | J3 Short 1 and 2 > | Connector| | 000 | J4 > | | | 000 | J6 > > Drive Manufacturer is the SEAGATE IRON WOLF. > > Image: > bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb.img.xz, > I have also run ( apt-get -y update && and apt-get -y upgrade ) > > > Can you please help? Is there an alternate way of booting off of the ESATA > port > > Thanks in advance > > Angel > > > > On Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:54:51 AM UTC-4, mab.mo...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I just purchased an X15 and the EMMC memory is rapidly filling up. >> >> 1. Is there a way to boot from an external USB hard drive? >> or >> 2. Can someone provide more detail directions on switching boot sequence >> to boot directly from eSATA? >> The reference manual is very vague on this. You need to unsolder and >> resolder resistors to act as jumpers? There are perforated holes in the >> circuit board where the resistors and jumpers are supposed to be. Are the >> resistors supplied? Are they on the board? If so where are they? What are >> their values in Ohms? How are the perforations on the board numbered 1-3 >> from left to right or right to left? This needs to be much more detailed. >> Why would you design a board that make switching the boot sequence so >> difficult? How about just putting in some removable jumpers! >> >> Any detailed help and direction would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> >> MAB >> > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/beagleboard/xPYp2vR6TDk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/6e58bd35-d1d8-4027-a5f8-23bd76edf60e%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/6e58bd35-d1d8-4027-a5f8-23bd76edf60e%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CA%2BpyaqJLPyLRsrCrNzBC3mvQHsc8tJec0pWs83HLga5sEH362Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
