Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread Alan Federman
Thanks Robert. Sometimes I feel like finding the right answer for the BBB is like searching for used chewing gum in a chicken coop. I've now been able to do several of the Forest project exercises (0-3,5) the PWM fails because it refers to ocp.2, and I have ocp.3. So I am now a happy camper. Are

RE: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread William Pretty Security
That’s actually a good idea Alan ! Unfortunately, by the time it was published, it would be out of date L You appear to be having the same problems as I did and still do to some extent. I wish there was a web search engine that allowed you to exclude pages older than a certain date. It

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-26 Thread Alan Federman
I can now boot off the SD card - needed to unmount the sdcard, modify the /BOOT (/dev/sdX1) and sync(important) before putting back into the BBB. This took me a little longer then expected, because I had a flaky carrier, that kept flicking the write protect on every time I mounted the SD in my

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Alan Federman alan.feder...@gmail.com wrote: I did an SD card install of ubuntu 14-04 console following the script instructions on eLinix - I ended up with a Debian console. I do not have an ubuntu as a user or temppwd. I do have a Debian console with user

RE: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread William Pretty Security
Did you hold down the Boot button, near the USB connector ? If not it will boot from eMMC which has Debian ;-) No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread Alan Federman
GRRR. I have been booting from the sd cards for months, and didn't have to hold down the boot button. I just tested this and my older sd images on either BBB boot from the SD card without holding the boot button down. Indded with the SD card out they boot to debian. So what magick makes the

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
On 9/25/2014 4:15 PM, Alan Federman wrote: GRRR. I have been booting from the sd cards for months, and didn't have to hold down the boot button. I just tested this and my older sd images on either BBB boot from the SD card without holding the boot button down. Indded with the SD card out

Re: [beagleboard] Totally confused. ubuntu-14.04-console-armhf-2014-08-13.tar.xz sd card installs Debian, not Ubuntu

2014-09-25 Thread Robert Nelson
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Alan Federman alan.feder...@gmail.com wrote: GRRR. I have been booting from the sd cards for months, and didn't have to hold down the boot button. I just tested this and my older sd images on either BBB boot from the SD card without holding the boot button