From: Giles Godart-Brown <[email protected]> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 12:24 AM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [beagleboard] unable to boot Beaglebone Black from NFS
> Thanks for your help, but sadly, on this version a uEnv.txt just containing; > console=ttyO0,115200n8 > client_ip=192.168.10.47 > server_ip=192.168.10.118 > gw_ip=192.168.10.1 > root_dir=/home/bone/bbb_nfs_root > > does not work, it doesn't even fire up the ethernet port (no activity lights), > I'm guessing because there is no eth0 defined and its perhaps trying to fire > up the USB network or something. Make sure you are using the latest version of u-boot. I¹m using U-Boot 2014.07-00014-gdc7e38e This is the v2014.07 with Robert Nelsons u-boot patch https://github.com/RobertCNelson/Bootloader-Builder/blob/master/patches/v201 4.07/0001-am335x_evm-uEnv.txt-bootz-n-fixes.patch Or follow the instructions here: http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black#BeagleBoneBlack-Bootlo ader:U-Boot Regards, John > > I'll try the rsync method once I can ping the beaglebone > > G > > On Wednesday, 30 July 2014 03:05:41 UTC+1, john3909 wrote: >> >> From: Giles Godart-Brown <[email protected] <javascript:> > >> Reply-To: "[email protected] <javascript:> " >> <[email protected] <javascript:> > >> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 2:26 PM >> To: "[email protected] <javascript:> " <[email protected] >> <javascript:> > >> Subject: [beagleboard] unable to boot Beaglebone Black from NFS >> >>> I've seen many posts about how to boot a Beaglebone black via an NFS mounted >>> root partition, but none seem to work with the latest version. >>> I started by creating an NFS mount on my Ubuntu PC and successfully mounting >>> it from the Beaglebone when booted from an SD image of the latest version >>> dated 2013.06.20 >>> <https://s3.amazonaws.com/angstrom/demo/beaglebone/Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME >>> -eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.06.20.img.xz> from the Beaglebone >>> site. All the commands below were done as root.; >>> uname -a >>> Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone50 .... >>> Then test the mount with; >>> mount -o nfsvers=3 192.168.10.118:/home/bone /mnt/nfs >>> Next I copied the entire filesystem to the nfs mount with >>> cp -axv /. /mnt/nfs/. >> I¹m not sure this is going to work because you are attempting to copy dynamic >> files and folders. Rather insert the SDCard into your host and do the >> following: >> sudo rsync -avz /mnt/rootfs/ /home/<userid>/targetNFS/ >>> >>> I've edited the fstab on the nfs (/home/bone/etc/fstab) to add >>> /dev/nfs / nfs defaults 0 0 >>> and correctly edited /home/bone/etc/network/interface to reflect the correct >>> IP address etc. >>> Next I edited the uEnv.txt on the SD card to add >>> serverip=192.168.10.118 >>> ipaddr=192.168.10.47 >>> hostname=MH_bbb >>> netmask=255.255.255.0 >>> gateway=192.168.10.1 >>> nfsdevice=eth0:off >>> nfsopts=vers=3 >>> rootpath=/home/bone >>> and changed the mmcargs line to; >>> mcargs=setenv bootargs console=tty0 console=${console} ${optargs} >>> ${cape_disable} ${cape_enable} ${kms_force_mode} >>> ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${gateway}:${netmask}:${hostname}:${nfsdevice} >>> root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath},${nfsopts} ${systemd} >>> The Bone starts to boot and I can ping it on the correct IP address, but the >>> display never shows anything and it doesn't let me ssh to it. >>> Can anyone let me know what I've missed? >>> Thanks >> This is my complete uEnv.txt: >> >> ============================== >> client_ip=10.100.116.105 >> server_ip=10.100.116.73 >> gw_ip=10.100.116.1 >> root_dir=/home/<userid>/targetNFS >> ============================== >> >> Replace <userid> with your own desktop login id and replace client_ip, >> server_ip and gw_ip addresses as required. >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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] <javascript:> . >>> 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
