On Thursday, 10 November 2016 14:28:18 UTC+1, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 15:16:44 -0800 (PST), "'Ian Watts' via BeagleBoard" > <[email protected] <javascript:>> declaimed the > following: > > > > >I have a BBB running a 2014 Linux Distro (the one the BBB came with). > > First question: what variation of the BBB... As I recall, only the > rev > C have a 4GB eMMC; older BBBs can't be flashed with the full 4GB releases, > you have to use a 2GB reduced OS for flashing. > > >So, what I THINK I have to do is modify the uEnv.txt file (on my BBB, > this > >is found in the /Boot/uBoot directory) by removing the "#" at the > beginning > >of the line cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh. > >To be fair my uEnv.txt file doesn't have this line so I copied and pasted > >it as the last line of the file. I used 'nano' from within Terminal to > >accomplish this... Unfortunately, rebooting the BBB did not result in an > > You have to edit the line in the copy of uEnv.txt ON THE SD CARD, > not > the one on the eMMC... Which essentially means booting with the SD card, > THEN editing the file, followed by rebooting. > > Note that once you've edited that file on the card, the card will > always start a flash operation when used for booting (you might be able to > install/mount it after booting off the eMMC and editing the card's > uEnv.txt > again to disable flashing, though it may be easier to just use the > computer > to reimage the card). > > Second note: once you succeed, you may find you don't have to use > the > boot select button -- the newer images seem to be rigged so that if the SD > card is installed at boot time, they make the card the file system root > for > the rest of the boot process. > > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN > [email protected] <javascript:> HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/ > >
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