Hi William, Thanks for your reply.
ls /boot : dtbs uboot uEnv.txt vmlinuz-4.4.13-bone-rt-r11 cat /boot/uEnv.txt : uname_r=4.4.13-bone-rt-r11 It's depressing as the webpage seems to indicate the directions are valid for BBW. It's not something unheard of to support ancient platforms. It's Linux after all, where it makes old HW works :) Thanks all, -Hesham On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 12:16:55 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > So . . . > > $ ls /media/rootfs/boot > and > $ cat /media/rootfs/boot/uEnv.txt > > In case the above was nto clear ;) > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:15 AM, William Hermans <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> '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 >>> >> >> It is unlikely that either of those are the problem. >> >> @ Hesham >> >> lets see the results of >> >> $ ls /boot/ >> >> and >> >> $ cat /boot/uEnv.txt >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 6:39 AM, David Good <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> 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] >>> <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >>>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALMFhSx9h%3DmwygeeZMCABz8zRWe9ge4c7QJdLj%2BhgdM10QsXbw%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALMFhSx9h%3DmwygeeZMCABz8zRWe9ge4c7QJdLj%2BhgdM10QsXbw%40mail.gmail.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/5d729e9a-85ff-40ce-8cc9-3510d7865dbc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
