I have beaglebone black element14 rev C.
Is there any problem in rev C related to booting from SDcard?


On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Madhukar Sah <[email protected]> wrote:

> I also did all the instruction give at 
> *http://www.armhf.com/boards/beaglebone-black/bbb-sd-install/
> <http://www.armhf.com/boards/beaglebone-black/bbb-sd-install/> *except i
> gave the boot partition type as *'c(W95 FAT32 (LBA)'* rather than *'e(W95
> FAT16 (LBA))'*
>
> That did not work as well.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Madhukar Sah
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Madhukar Sah <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I followed the above given site instructions but that failed as well.
>> Steps followed according to
>> https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black#BeagleBoneBlack-SetupmicroSDcard
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 1. Cross compiler set-up
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ wget -c
>> https://releases.linaro.org/14.09/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux.tar.xz
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ tar xf
>> gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux.tar.xz
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ export
>> CC=`pwd`/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.9-2014.09_linux/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ ${CC}gcc --version
>>   arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.9-2014.09 -
>> Linaro GCC 4.9-2014.09) 4.9.2 20140904 (prerelease)
>>   Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>   This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
>> NO
>>   warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
>> PURPOSE.
>>
>> 2. Bootloader
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ cd u-boot/
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ git checkout v2015.10 -b tmp
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ wget -c
>> https://rcn-ee.com/repos/git/u-boot-patches/v2015.10/0001-am335x_evm-uEnv.txt-bootz-n-fixes.patch
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ patch -p1 < 0001-am335x_evm-uEnv.txt-bootz-n-fixes.patch
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} distclean
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} am335x_evm_defconfig
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC}
>>
>> 3. Linux Kernel
>>
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ cd bb-kernel/
>>   ~/prakash-bbb$ ./build_kernel.sh
>>   -----------------------------
>>   Script Complete
>>   eewiki.net: [user@localhost:~$ export kernel_version=4.1.13-bone16]
>>   -----------------------------
>>
>>
>> 4. Setup Micro SD card
>>
>>  ~/prakash-bbb$ lsblk
>> NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
>> sda      8:0    0 298.1G  0 disk
>> ├─sda1   8:1    0  30.2G  0 part
>> ├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part
>> ├─sda5   8:5    0   7.5G  0 part [SWAP]
>> ├─sda6   8:6    0 127.2G  0 part
>> ├─sda7   8:7    0   7.5G  0 part [SWAP]
>> └─sda8   8:8    0 125.8G  0 part /
>> sdb      8:16   1   3.7G  0 disk
>> └─sdb1   8:17   1   3.7G  0 part
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ export DISK=/dev/sdb
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=${DISK} bs=1M count=10
>> [sudo] password for utl:
>> 10+0 records in
>> 10+0 records out
>> 10485760 bytes (10 MB) copied, 2.97229 s, 3.5 MB/s
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo dd if=./u-boot/MLO of=${DISK} count=1 seek=1 bs=128k
>> 0+1 records in
>> 0+1 records out
>> 65812 bytes (66 kB) copied, 0.0452465 s, 1.5 MB/s
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo dd if=./u-boot/u-boot.img of=${DISK} count=2 seek=1
>> bs=384k
>> 0+1 records in
>> 0+1 records out
>> 318004 bytes (318 kB) copied, 0.0554741 s, 5.7 MB/s
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sfdisk --version
>> sfdisk from util-linux 2.20.1
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sfdisk --in-order --Linux --unit M ${DISK} <<-__EOF__
>> > 1,,L,*
>> > __EOF__
>>
>> Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
>> OK
>>
>> Disk /dev/sdb: 1017 cylinders, 124 heads, 62 sectors/track
>>
>> sfdisk: ERROR: sector 0 does not have an msdos signature
>>  /dev/sdb: unrecognized partition table type
>> Old situation:
>> No partitions found
>> New situation:
>> Warning: The partition table looks like it was made
>>   for C/H/S=*/43/12 (instead of 1017/124/62).
>> For this listing I'll assume that geometry.
>> Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
>>
>>    Device Boot Start   End    MiB    #blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/sdb1   *     1   3818   3818    3909632   83  Linux
>>         start: (c,h,s) expected (3,41,9) found (0,33,3)
>>         end: (c,h,s) expected (1023,42,12) found (1017,42,12)
>> /dev/sdb2         0      -      0          0    0  Empty
>> /dev/sdb3         0      -      0          0    0  Empty
>> /dev/sdb4         0      -      0          0    0  Empty
>> Successfully wrote the new partition table
>>
>> Re-reading the partition table ...
>>
>> If you created or changed a DOS partition, /dev/foo7, say, then use dd(1)
>> to zero the first 512 bytes:  dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo7 bs=512 count=1
>> (See fdisk(8).)
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${DISK}1 -L rootfs
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${DISK}1 -L rootfs
>> mke2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011)
>> Filesystem label=rootfs
>> OS type: Linux
>> Block size=4096 (log=2)
>> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
>> Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
>> 244800 inodes, 977408 blocks
>> 48870 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
>> First data block=0
>> Maximum filesystem blocks=1002438656
>> 30 block groups
>> 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
>> 8160 inodes per group
>> Superblock backups stored on blocks:
>>     32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736
>>
>> Allocating group tables: done
>> Writing inode tables: done
>> Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
>> Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mount ${DISK}1 /media/rootfs/
>>
>> Backup-bootloader
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo cp -v ./u-boot/MLO /media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/
>> `./u-boot/MLO' -> `/media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/MLO'
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo cp -v ./u-boot/u-boot.img
>> /media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/
>> `./u-boot/u-boot.img' -> `/media/rootfs/opt/backup/uboot/u-boot.img'
>>
>> Copy root file system :
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo tar xfvp
>> ubuntu-14.04.3-minimal-armhf-2015-09-07/armhf-rootfs-ubuntu-trusty.tar -C
>> /media/rootfs/
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ export kernel_version=4.1.13-bone16
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sh -c "echo 'uname_r=${kernel_version}' >>
>> /media/rootfs/boot/uEnv.txt"
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo cp -v ./bb-kernel/deploy/${kernel_version}.zImage
>> /media/rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-${kernel_version}
>> `./bb-kernel/deploy/4.1.13-bone16.zImage' ->
>> `/media/rootfs/boot/vmlinuz-4.1.13-bone16'
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo mkdir -p /media/rootfs/boot/dtbs/${kernel_version}/
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo tar xfv
>> ./bb-kernel/deploy/${kernel_version}-dtbs.tar.gz -C
>> /media/rootfs/boot/dtbs/${kernel_version}/
>> ./am335x-arduino-tre.dtb
>> ./am335x-base0033.dtb
>> ./am335x-bone-can0.dtb
>> ./am335x-bone-cape-bone-argus.dtb
>> ./am335x-bone.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-bbb-exp-c.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-bbb-exp-r.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-can0.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-cape-bone-argus.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-emmc-overlay.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-hdmi-overlay.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-nhdmi-overlay.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-overlay.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-replicape.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack-wl1835mod.dtb
>> ./am335x-boneblack.dtb
>> ./am335x-bonegreen.dtb
>> ./am335x-chiliboard.dtb
>> ./am335x-evm.dtb
>> ./am335x-evmsk.dtb
>> ./am335x-lxm.dtb
>> ./am335x-nano.dtb
>> ./am335x-pepper.dtb
>>
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo tar xfv
>> ./bb-kernel/deploy/${kernel_version}-modules.tar.gz -C /media/rootfs/
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo sh -c "echo '/dev/mmcblk0p1  /  auto
>> errors=remount-ro  0  1' >> /media/rootfs/etc/fstab"
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo nano /media/rootfs/etc/network/interfaces
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo nano /media/rootfs/etc/init/serial.conf
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sync
>>
>> ~/prakash-bbb$ sudo umount /media/rootfs
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Regards,
>> Madhukar Sah
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Madhukar Sah <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I downloaded the MLO and u-boot images from the above mentioned sites.
>>> But
>>> > that did not work as well. Following is what i did step by step.
>>> >
>>> > 1. Renamed the MLO-am335x_evm-v2015.10-r12 to MLO
>>> > 2. Renamed the u-boot-am335x_evm-v2015.10-r12.img to u-boot.img
>>> > 3. Ran the following script( which i downloaded from one of the sites)
>>> to
>>> > partition the SDCARD
>>> >
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > #!/bin/bash
>>> >
>>> > #
>>> > #  Script for formatting SD Card for booting Linux.
>>> > #
>>> > #  Author: David Weber
>>> > #  Copyright (C) 2011 Avnet Electronics Marketing
>>> > #
>>> > #  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>>> > #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>>> > #  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>>> > #  (at your option) any later version.
>>> > #
>>> > #  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>>> > #  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>>> > #  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>>> > #  GNU General Public License for more details.
>>> > #
>>> > #  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>>> > #  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>>> > #  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
>>> > #
>>> >
>>> > function print_msg()
>>> > {
>>> >   echo ""
>>> >   echo
>>> >
>>> "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
>>> >   echo " $1"
>>> >   echo
>>> >
>>> "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > device=/dev/sdb;
>>> >
>>> > # check command arguments
>>> > if [ "$#" -lt "1" ]; then
>>> >   echo "usage: sudo $0 <disk> [part1 size (MB)] [part2 size (MB)]"
>>> >   exit;
>>> > fi
>>> >
>>> > if [ ! -b "${device}" ]; then
>>> >   print_msg "Error: device ${device} not found"
>>> >   exit
>>> > fi
>>> >
>>> > # setup some constants
>>> > n_heads=255
>>> > n_sectors=63
>>>
>>> ^ That was a bug in x-loader, around 2009, fixed a long time ago..
>>>
>>> > sector_sz=512
>>> >
>>> > # setup some defaults
>>> > part1_MB=120
>>> >
>>> > if [ "$#" -gt "1" ]; then
>>> >   part1_MB=$2
>>> > fi
>>> >
>>> > part1_n_cyl=`echo
>>> ${part1_MB}*1024*1024/${sector_sz}/${n_heads}/${n_sectors}
>>> > | bc`
>>> > part2_n_cyl=
>>> >
>>> > # if the second partition size is specified, calculate n cylinders for
>>> it
>>> > if [ "$#" -gt "2" ]; then
>>> >   part2_MB=$3
>>> >   part2_n_cyl=`echo
>>> > ${part2_MB}*1024*1024/${sector_sz}/${n_heads}/${n_sectors} | bc`
>>> > fi
>>> >
>>> > # setup partition types
>>> > dos=0x0C
>>> > linux=L
>>> >
>>> > # assign partition types to each partition
>>> > part1_type=${dos}
>>> > part2_type=${linux}
>>> >
>>> > # assign partition labels to each partition
>>> > part1_label=boot
>>> > part2_label=root
>>> >
>>> > # unmount any existing device partitions
>>> > print_msg "Unmounting any mounted partitions on ${device}"
>>> > devlist=`df | grep ${device}`
>>> > if [ "$devlist" != "" ]; then
>>> >   df | grep ${device} | awk '{print $1}' | xargs umount
>>> > fi
>>> >
>>> > mbr_sz=532
>>> > mbr_file=sd.mbr.dd
>>> >
>>> > # see man page for sfdisk for more info
>>> > print_msg "Clearing MBR (first ${mbr_sz} bytes) of ${device}"
>>> > dd of=${device} if=/dev/zero bs=${mbr_sz} count=1
>>> >
>>> > # create partition table
>>> > print_msg "Creating partition table on ${device}"
>>> >
>>> > # look for the MBR saved from a previous execution of this script
>>> > if [ -f "${mbr_file}" ]; then
>>> >   dd of=${device} if=${mbr_file} bs=${mbr_sz} count=1
>>> > else
>>> >   fdisk ${device} > /dev/null << EOF
>>> > w
>>> > EOF
>>> >   # save off the MBR so we can avoid running fdisk next time this
>>> script
>>> > runs, because
>>> >   # fdisk always produces a warning message
>>> >   dd of=${mbr_file} if=${device} bs=${mbr_sz} count=1
>>> > fi
>>> >
>>> > # calculate number of cylinders on disk
>>> > device_sz=`blockdev --getsize64 ${device}`
>>> > n_cylinders=`echo
>>> ${device_sz}*1024/${n_heads}/${n_sectors}/${sector_sz} |
>>> > bc`
>>> >
>>> > # create the partitions on the disk
>>> > print_msg "Creating boot and root partitions on ${device}"
>>> > sfdisk -D -H ${n_heads} -S ${n_sectors} -C ${n_cylinders} ${device} <<
>>> EOF
>>> > ,${part1_n_cyl},${part1_type},*
>>> > ,${part2_n_cyl},${part2_type},-
>>> > EOF
>>>
>>> ^ That's broken in sfdisk >= 2.26.x
>>>
>>> >
>>> > # insure that the kernel is aware of the new partitions
>>> > partprobe ${device}
>>> >
>>> > # format the partitions
>>> > print_msg "Formatting (FAT32) boot partition ${device}1"
>>> > mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n "${part1_label}" ${device}1
>>> >
>>> > print_msg "Formatting (EXT3) root partition ${device}2"
>>> > mkfs.ext3 -L "${part2_label}" ${device}2
>>> >
>>> > # list the partitions to verify success
>>> > sfdisk -l  ${device}
>>> >
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >
>>> > 4. Pulled out the SD card USB adaptor and inserted it again.
>>> >
>>> > 5. Created the boot and root directories in /media
>>> >
>>> >      #sudo mkdir /media/boot
>>> >      #sudo mkdir /media/root
>>> >
>>> > 6. Mounted the /dev/sdb1(the fat32 partition) and /dev/sdb2(the root
>>> > partition)
>>> >
>>> >     #sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/boot
>>> >     #sudo mount /dev/sdb2 /media/root
>>> >
>>> > 7. Copied the MLO and u-boot.img file to boot mount
>>> >
>>> >     #sudo cp ./MLO /media/boot
>>> >     #sudo cp ./u-boot.img /media/boot
>>> >
>>> > 8. Unmounted the boot and root partitions
>>> >
>>> >   #sudo umount /media/boot
>>> >   #sudo umount /media/root
>>> >
>>> > 9. Pulled out the usb adaptor from the PC
>>> > 10. removed the sdcard from that and inserted in the beaglebone sdcard
>>> slot
>>> > 11. Pressed the boot button and given power
>>> > 12. NOTHING CAME ON THE CONSOLE
>>> > 13. pulled out the power and given again without pressing the boot
>>> button,
>>> > and after around 1 min got sequence of "C" on the console.
>>>
>>> I gave you a link for a reason:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black#BeagleBoneBlack-SetupmicroSDcard
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert Nelson
>>> https://rcn-ee.com/
>>>
>>
>>
>

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