The board is designed to boot off the SD card connector on the back of the board, not the USB port.
Gerald On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 1:47 PM, mzimmers <mzimm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Gerald - it's in the USB port. > > The card reader I got can be found here > <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006T9B6R2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1> > . > > On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 12:46:15 PM UTC-7, Gerald wrote: >> >> Where is the card reader being inserted into? >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 1:43 PM, mzimmers <mzim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well...that's discouraging, particularly that I'm not getting a LED on >>> the card reader when I slide in the card. >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks... >>> >>> mz >>> >>> On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 12:31:56 PM UTC-7, RobertCNelson >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 12:59 PM, mzimmers <mzim...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> > Thanks for all the good information, Robert. I'm still hitting a >>>> snag. >>>> > Here's what I've done: >>>> > >>>> > got a new microSDHC from Walmart (32 GB Samsung EVO) >>>> > downloaded your Debian image >>>> > used Etcher to put it on the SDHC card >>>> > ejected it from my desktop, put it in the BBB and tried to boot from >>>> it. >>>> > >>>> > Nothing happens. None of the LEDs come on, nor does the LED on the >>>> card >>>> > reader. >>>> > >>>> > How long am I supposed to hold down the boot button before something >>>> > happens? I gave it about 15 seconds before the tool I was using >>>> slipped off >>>> > the button. >>>> >>>> oh less then 5 seconds after you plug in power.. >>>> >>>> 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 beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/beagleboard/bd237aab-feb3-4d11-b6ce-39d20cdf2454%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/bd237aab-feb3-4d11-b6ce-39d20cdf2454%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald >> >> ger...@beagleboard.org >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> gco...@emprodesign.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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/beagleboard/63b535e0-6fc1-4631-a7f1-2f9fc5a3d658%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/63b535e0-6fc1-4631-a7f1-2f9fc5a3d658%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Gerald ger...@beagleboard.org http://beagleboard.org/ gcol...@emprodesign.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 beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAHK_S%2Bc2aYkF2_K7SVkbgwt9FgfPcK%2BdxHbQhNMBR0JzC%2BBeRw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.