On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Nic Cyn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I'd like to report something odd I have experienced with the > ubuntu-14.04.1-console-armhf-2014-10-29.tar.xz distribution installed on an > 8 Gb SD card. It all boots fine and a connection can be made to the BBB via > the USB keyboard/HDMI monitor and also via ssh from a remote PC. > > > However, connecting up the USB cable from the BBB to a PC running Ubuntu > 14.04 LTS destroys the ability of the BBB to boot from that SD card. Any > existing ssh connections into the BBB return the phrase "bus failure" upon > the next key press. Removing the USB cable and attempting to reboot results > in a BBB with a failed boot and all four LEDs fully on. The only option is > to reinstall onto the SD card. The BBB as USB does appear in the remote PC's > launcher bar but the contents of the BBB cannot be viewed in the File > Manager.
odd, haven't seen that. > Also, I doubt this is related, but an SD card formatted up with the > ubuntu-14.04.1-console-armhf-2014-10-29.tar.xz image requires the button to > be pressed on each boot - otherwise it boots from EMMC. I am not sure what > is controlling this, but other SD cards I have formatted up only seem to > require the button press on the first boot and the BBB remembers it > thereafter. add the flag "--bbb-old-bootloader-in-emmc" to setup_sdcard.sh 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/d/optout.
