I suggest you contact Element 14 customer support for assistance with your board.
Gerald On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Madhukar Sah <[email protected]> wrote: > Can i conclude that my specific board has got some issue. Shall i proceed > for replacement. Can i take it for my confirmation that the above detailed > step by step procedure what i have described would work on a working board. > > > > On Friday, November 27, 2015 at 7:18:28 PM UTC+5:30, Madhukar Sah wrote: >> >> 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/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> -- > 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. > -- Gerald [email protected] http://beagleboard.org/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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