Rev Sticker says A6A and is stuck on the header. I will boot and check what distro/ver is installed and see if my FTDI adapter will work on the console port. Just have not had a moment rest from work.
KG On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:20 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > First of all, you never mentioned what you have installed on the eMMC > currently. Secondly, you never mentioned which flasher image you're trying > to install, and from where. Also, do you have a serial debug cable ? Serial > debug output should be turned on if it is in fact one of Robert's images. > Which instructions did you try to follow ? What method did you attempt to > put the image on the sdcard ? > > You left out a lot of important information . . . knowing the actual > revision number of your beaglebone black would be handy too. It should be > written on a white sticker stuck on the ethernet jack some where. For > instance, on ours it is stuck on the side. Just says "A5A" > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 7:59 AM, Kevin Groce <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So with that being said what would be the best way to flash this to use >> more recent bootloaders? >> >> Kevin Groce >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:25 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Ah, I suppose it could also be an available space issue, but the reason >>> why I mentioned the above first, was that we have two A5A's here, and with >>> recent Debian images, I've had to hold the button down until the board >>> starts to boot. Where in the past, this was never a problem. Of course, I'm >>> booting from sdcard too, but I have Angstrom with 3.8.8 kernel on the board >>> ( upgraded once ). SO that should tell you how old the image + bootloader >>> is on our boards . . . >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:15 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Problem with the A6A i believe will be old bootloader versus new >>>> bootloader. e.g. Angstrom + old bootloader on the eMMC, newer bootloader + >>>> Debian on the sdcard flasher image. >>>> >>>> With that said, you should wait for Robert to chime in before taking >>>> drastic steps. Such as believing your board is bad. It is not impossible, >>>> but I think it is very unlikely. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:19 PM, evilwulfie <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> With a proper image it should flash. >>>>> >>>>> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Debian_On_BeagleBone_Black >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Ubuntu_On_BeagleBone_Black >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/9/2015 7:37 PM, Kevin Groce wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am having such a hard time with flashing the BBB. I am guessing it >>>>> is an A6A revision based on the wiki. I am not a novice when it comes to >>>>> flashing but for some reason this bugger wont flash. I have followed the >>>>> instructions to a T and results are not forth coming. Do you think I could >>>>> have a bad board? When I I load the image to the card and press the user >>>>> boot button I do not get the LED response that is said to happen after >>>>> flash. I have used cheap 8gb SD card and a sandisk 16gb SD card and both >>>>> same outcome. Nothing. 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