On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:35 PM, Christopher Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't worry I had already made a backup img so continually messing things up > wasn't really an issue. Just takes a few minutes to download the img back to > the sd. > > It is similar to what is on both Robert's and your blogs, so I'm not sure > why it got messed up when I tried recreating the partition table as well. > > Regardless: > > I skipped this step: Erase partition table/labels on microSD card and it > appeared the base uboot directly from Roberts guide worked properly. Then I > added the patch from here > http://www.mikini.dk/index.php/category/beaglebone-black/boot-issue and > repeated the procedure. On power up while holding 'a' on the keyboard the > boot process continued as desired. So knock on wood I think I got the > bootloader replaced and the new patch worked. > > Thank you both for your help and Miki for the patch! > > Before I'm content is there any issue from not cleaning out the MBR? Like if > the img after the last patch is a different size then Robert's img file? > > Intending to run reboot tests overnight to make sure the patch clears up the > issue. Although if the "random" noise on the rx line spells out stop I'm > going to be a little spooked.
The only reason i clear out the mbr in the directions, is just to help guarantee the user doesn't run into random complaints/warnings/annoyances in later "mkfs.ext4" tools. ;) and it helps make sure they have a good state of the microSD... Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://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.
