On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 11:42 PM, BeagleNoob <[email protected]>wrote:
> So I started playing around with my BBB recently. I followed some > instructions I found on eLinux for install Ubuntu on the board. I > programmed the SD card and inserted that into the board and it is being > recognized as an external storage device when I plug the board into the USB > port (sometimes). The problem is though, when I click on the START.htm > page, it doesn't take me to the original quick start guide. Rather I get > this: > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ppZx5xw3ObE/Upgnf-8-CmI/AAAAAAAAAgc/IKf0ELM9ShM/s1600/start.PNG> > So it looks like Ubuntu got installed, right? I see Debian. > Well, ubuntu is based of debian, so some things still report debian.. > > *I want to start over from the beginning like when I got the board out of > the box. Is there a way to do that?* I don't think there is anything > stored anymore on the eMMC. The reason I think that is because when I plug > the board into power without the SD card, nothing happens. The USR LED's > don't blink the way they are supposed to. When I have the SD card in there, > they start blinking correctly. I also can't seem to SSH over to the board > like I was able to before I put Ubuntu on it (it won't accept the username > and password that the eLinux instructions said it would). > So 'what' did you actually flash? Look at the *.img name and report it in this thread.. > > On top of that, it takes a *really* long time for the board to be > recognized as external storage by my PC. Clearly I am doing something wrong > here. Any advice? > > Do you have the ethernet connected? If not, it's taking it's time on bootup waiting for the dhcp to time out.. Regards, -- Robert Nelson http://www.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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
