Hi Charles, I'm open to try older builds. Can you point me to a working older instructions that can help me get this board booting?
Thanks, -Hesham On Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 6:09:39 PM UTC-4, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > Of course! <doh!> > You can tell how long it's been since I booted my BBW. :blush: > > Anyway, there have been lots of changes with the boot loader since the > BBW, and I'd recommend starting with a working console image with a > recent kernel and u-Boot, with the console images probably being the > best starting point if you're wanting to craft your own image. > > The ROM boot code of the AM335x hasn't changed, but there are very > specific constraints on what makes a bootable uSD image (specifically > the MLO boot-loader and it's location on the physical media). The > easiest way to deal with the constraints is to start with a working image. > > On 6/26/2016 4:34 PM, evilwulfie wrote: > > BBW has no emmc :) > > > > On 6/26/2016 12:59 PM, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > >> On 6/26/2016 7:56 AM, Hesham 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. > >> An old BBW is going to have an ancient (in computer time-scale) > >> boot-loader. I recommend you flash the on-board eMMC with a new boot > >> loader. You can do this manually if you really want to (and know > >> how), but the easiest way would be to use a recent console image > >> flasher like: > >> > >> > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Flasher:_.28console.29_.28BeagleBone_Black.2FGreen_eMMC.29 > > >> > >> ...assuming you don't mind trashing whatever is in the eMMC, of course! > >> > > > > > -- > Charles Steinkuehler > [email protected] <javascript:> > -- 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/de6efcfc-ecf7-4b51-ab36-8204e79e469e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
