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/

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