Thanks. I'm happy with the currently released image - I don't want or need to go back to the original OS version. But just reflashing the eMMC doesn't seem to clear out all the cobwebs, as there's clearly less memory now than there was when I got it. I need to restore the free space that was on the eMMC originally. I was able to install JRiver Media Center on Debian and Ubuntu without difficulty a few times before. But this time, I get many "cannot write to file - no room on device" messages, and the install fails. Using clean, remove and autoremove do not seem to help.
There seem to be many files in many folders in many directories that weren't there when it was brand new. If flashing the eMMC is supposed to delete everything, it's not - so maybe my 'bone is broken. I've properly reformatted each uSD card I use before burning , so there's never anything on the card except the image I want to use. Is there any way to reformat the entire eMMC? I hesitate to delete things when I don't know what they are - is there a list of the core files I need to preserve so it will still reflash from a card? Best - David On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 9:23:54 PM UTC-4, RobertCNelson wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 8:05 PM, blues man <[email protected] <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> My BBB's eMMC is apparently filled with useless junk after 2+ years of >> playing around with Ubuntu, Debian, Angstrom, Daphile, RuneAudio, JRiver >> etc etc etc. I tried to go back to the latest Debian image and reinstall >> JRiver Media Center but I'm getting multiple "no more room on device" error >> messages. I know how to restore the defaults but I can't find any info on >> a complete reset that removes all files and data except the original >> content of the eMMC. I did have JRMC running fine last year, but like an >> idiot I decided to try Ubuntu and it's never been the same. I'm running MPD >> until I can fix this. >> > > Well, if it's a Rev C: (4gb eMMC) > > it was shipped from the factory with: > > 2014-05-14 > <https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz> > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images > > If it's a Rev A/B: > 2013-09-04 > <https://s3.amazonaws.com/angstrom/demo/beaglebone/BBB-eMMC-flasher-2013.09.04.img.xz> > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images > > 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/484080c1-df87-43d7-b913-9f58c4ea3cea%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
