Hi Gerald,

So to unmount the drives and power down the BBB, I can either push the 
power button momentarily or use the Linux shutdown command?

Lawrence

On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 5:39:06 AM UTC-7, Gerald wrote:
>
> By doing this you can get corruption. Linux requires that you unmount the 
> drives before powering down.
>
> There is also a Linux shutdown command that can be used.
>
> Gerald
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:07 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gerald,
>>
>> Following the instructions on the BeagleBoard.org - getting-started 
>> <http://beagleboard.org/getting-started> webpage, my team lead and I 
>> have been powering up the BBB by using the provided USB cable to plug our 
>> Beagle into our computers.  We didn't find instructions on powering it 
>> down.  So, we have been powering it down by simply pulling the cable out.  
>> By doing this, can we also get corruption?  If so, where is the shutdown 
>> procedure documented?
>>
>> Lawrence
>>
>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 12:19:54 PM UTC-7, Gerald wrote:
>>>
>>> Nope. If you do it the way I just said, the board is powered off after 
>>> it is done. Then you can pull the power. 
>>>
>>> Pull the power without letting the kernel unmount the eMMC or SD card, 
>>> and you can get corruption.
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So pulling out the power with properly shutting down the system could 
>>>> corrupt the eMMC ???
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:39:05 PM UTC+5:30, [email protected] 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to use the beaglebone black (in factory default settings) 
>>>>> in a control application, where the BBB interfaces to a 20x4 character 
>>>>> LCD, 
>>>>> 18 button keypad, and a RS 232 connection using ttyO4 port (connects to 
>>>>> RS 
>>>>> 485 network using appropriate drivers).
>>>>>
>>>>> I have almost developed the hardware and the software using Eclispe 
>>>>> C++ IDE. 
>>>>>
>>>>> As I am not using any batteries or other power backup devices for the 
>>>>> BBB, Do I have to implement a shutdown procedure for my users ?? 
>>>>>
>>>>> I have made a procedure in which the user presses a combination of 
>>>>> keys to get the shutdown option on the LCD, selecting the shutdown option 
>>>>> runs the system("shutdown -h now") command in my C++ program.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is a shutdown procedure required for the BBB or will just pulling out 
>>>>> the +5V power jack be sufficient. 
>>>>>
>>>>> I have read in some sites that the eMMC could get corrupted causing 
>>>>> startup issues....
>>>>>
>>>>> Please advise....
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>> a
>>>>>
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