Thanks for the replies although they haven't been much help, upon doing my own research i think it is possible that dd might be putting the partitions around the wrong way so making booting of the MicroSD imposible. For an FYI the revision is A5C, and I have been using the 2GB images as a result, on a 2GB card. I meant to say it has 3 issues and I guess I should clarify what I am asking... 1.) Flashing the Beaglebone "I suggest starting with one of the Debian images" I have both angstrom and debian images and tried both, and dd flashes the SDCARD as follows:
BEAGLE_BONE then eMMC_Flasher, then EMPTY SPACE. Is this correct? If not is there a particular switch to make dd flash it correctly? (Using a custom spin of Ubuntu with Mate and no canonical spyware.) The code I used was (I was already running as sudo fyi): dd bs=1M if=BBB-eMMC-flasher-2013.09.04.img of=/dev/sdb 2.) Connection: "As far as knowing where to ssh to, if you have access to your home router you can find it there (usually). I'd set up a DHCP reservation, so you always know where it is. Otherwise I'd use the USB network to connect, then set up a static IP." I don't have access to the home router, and I'd have to say that networking is my weak point with IT. I cannot find the beaglebone over the USB. OS is Debian 7 I think, apart from that one file I was able to make on the blank desktop it is 100% stock. I cannot use the USB cable or SSH into as I cannot connect in the first place. Nor can I change any settings on the beaglebone itself. I quote myself " However Debian couldn't load lxde, nor could I get the command line to do anything. (Specifically it loads openbox and just does nothing.)" "... I've tried ssh'ing and using the link to connect to the beagle bone and nothing works, the connection isn't there so my computer will just hang. I have no clue how to find it, I tried NMAP to find it but no luck. (Albeit I am a noob.)" Is there a program in linux that I could use to find it? (A tutorial would be the most helpful it doesn't need to be long. just potent with useful information.) 3.) The minor issue, about the USB hub. "For one thing, the USB port only supplies 100ma, you will need a powered hub for your keyboard and mouse." Tried that, it didn't work for me. Although I did hear about some hack that allows for the full 500ma and another hack allowing for two 100ma ports. Random semi-related question, will someone ever add the functionality for a 500ma USB port on the beaglebone officially -- 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.
