I use dd regularly so get images onto sdcards, and have had zero issues. bmap-tools is supposed to be much faster. but I was unable to get bmap-tools working on my Debian workstation. Which runs wheezy, and is probably the problem.
william@eee-pc:~$ *uname -a* Linux eee-pc 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u2 i686 GNU/Linux william@eee-pc:~$ *apt-cache search bmap-tools* <crickets> But on a beaglebone Jessie image . . . root@beaglebone:~# *uname -a* Linux beaglebone 4.4.38-bone-rt-r14 #1 PREEMPT RT Mon Dec 12 10:10:25 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux root@beaglebone:~# *apt-cache search bmap-tools* bmap-tools - tool to flash image files to block devices using the block map Eventually I plan on moving my dev system to an ODRIOD XU4, but until I do so, I'll be stuck with Wheezy. On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Jan Jaap <[email protected]> wrote: > Using the bmap-tools solution worked! Booting using the S2 button pressed > worked and a desktop became visible! > > I first downloaded the bmap file for the BeagleBone Debian 8.7 image: > > https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-8.7- > lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-03-19-4gb.bmap (linked from https://beagleboard.org/ > latest-images) > > I then followed the bmap-tools installation instructions on the following > URL: > > https://github.com/MarkAYoder/BeagleBoard-exercises/blob/ > master/setup/bmap.sh > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8b08EZXCnIU/WN194FrRhEI/AAAAAAAAAGI/vgu_hsW1s9E3BZFv_ZtTrNgLaggaitspQCL4C/s1600/beaglebone-bmap-tool.png> > > > To flash the eMMC you need to change a file in the boot partition. > > To turn these images into eMMC flasher images, edit the /boot/uEnv.txt >> file on the Linux partition on the microSD card and remove the '#' on the >> line with 'cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh'. >> Enabling this will cause booting the microSD card to flash the eMMC. Images >> are no longer provided here for this to avoid people accidentally >> overwriting their eMMC flash. > > > It shows a knight rider animation on the LEDs, indicating that the image > is written to the eMMC memory. > > Thanks a lot for the support! > > -- > 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/53a69b4c-589b-4bc2-ac7b-1b51c5ddec68%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/53a69b4c-589b-4bc2-ac7b-1b51c5ddec68%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/CALHSORria1XXG1aX2xye_Vkwh%2B9gaZYJb%3D6-9YQCbifZGRVsSA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
