I've been using the prebuilt debian 8 images on a BBW without problems, so like you said, it must be something in the build process.
I have not tried this myself, but just thinking about it: 1> Bad "burn" to SD card? 2> /boot/uEnv.txt has some options that are trying making U-Boot try to look for an image on a BBB eMMC rather than SD card. --David On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Hesham <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an old BBW that I wanted to revive. It boots fine with the SD card > that came with it. It boots well with an old SD that I built following come > old instructions, pre-dates DTS. > > Now, I've tried to build it following the instructions on: > https://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone > It fails to boot. I think something is wrong regarding the bootloader, > either the way I built it or the instructions might be wrong for this old > platform. > > Anyways, here is what I get on minicom before it dies: > > U-Boot SPL 2016.07-rc2-dirty (Jun 26 2016 - 03:11:33) > No AC power, disabling frequency switch > Trying to boot from MMC1 > Expected Linux image is not found. Trying to start U-boot > > > U-Boot 2016.07-rc2-dirty (Jun 26 2016 - 03:11:33 -0400) > > Watchdog enabled > I2C: ready > DRAM: 256 MiB > > The symptoms of its death, it disconnects the /dev/ttyUSB0 and the LED is > off. > > Any idea where what I might be doing wrong? I build on Ubuntu 16.04 > > Thanks, > -Hesham > > -- > 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/11f427aa-46e8-43b3-83b8-759c8cd3e580%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/11f427aa-46e8-43b3-83b8-759c8cd3e580%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CALMFhSx9h%3DmwygeeZMCABz8zRWe9ge4c7QJdLj%2BhgdM10QsXbw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
