On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:26 PM, Tom Olenik <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> First post here. Is anyone having issues flashing the latest Debian image, >> 2015-03-01, on the Beaglebone Black? I've tried it maybe a dozen times now >> with both a 5V and USB power supplies. I have flashed other images on my BBB >> just fine before, and swear I am following the same procedure. I am: > > What was the full image name of the file? > >> 1. Inserting the microSD with the image, >> 2. Holding down the boot switch >> 3. Applying power >> 4. Waiting for the user LEDs to all turn on then start to flash >> 5. Release the boot switch. >> >> The LED activity looks active for only a couple minutes then it switches to >> the regular heartbeat pattern, and it never goes to all 4 on again and shut >> down like when flashing other images even if I wait hours. > > Was it doing they cylon pattern? > > The 2015-03-01 flasher should always shutdown when done... > >> I have found that all its doing is booting from the microSD card. If I >> don't power down after the flash attempt, keep the microSD installed, and >> check version, it indicates I'm running version 2015-03-01. If I power down, >> remove the card, then power back up, the old image is running. >> >> Did something change with the flashing procedure? I'm guessing there is >> something I have to fiddle with on the image to make this work. I'm >> comfortable writing code in C, C++, C#, and Java, but I'm a newbie when it >> comes to Linux. Any help would be much appreciated.
BTW, i should mention, with this newer image. Both the hdmi & serial have the flashing debug info.. So if it's flashing you should see a progress log happening on both outputs.. 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.
