On Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 11:51:57 AM UTC-5, marc bellazzini wrote: > Hello Angel, > Mine is still collecting dust after my failed attempt at booting off the > eSATA and making the modifications you have also done. Very disappointing > since it was an expensive purchase. I am also awaiting a solution. The > directions on booting from eSATA were not very clear. > > > Good luck! > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Angel Sosa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I am new to the X15. I have an XM since it came out and have done many > projects with it. I have recently purchased and X15. My desire is to > boot from a SATA drive connected to the ESATA port. I have verified when > booted from the MMC card the SATA drive is bootable, can mount and it > works well. I imaged the SATA drive with the X15 image, In my case SDA1 > is the first partition created. I have removed R444 and placed a jumper > I believe what is J3 pins 1-2 and have left the R444 resister solder > points/mounts empty. When I try to boot off of the SATA drive the board > times out and powers down. The instructions are a little vague on the > on instructions with in the user manual. I had a similar problem when > the partition was enlarged on the MMC card to 32 gigs, the boot process > would timeout. I used the grow_partition.sh script which fixed the time > out issue with the MMC card. If I hold the X15 board orienting J3, J4,J6 > at the upper right corner hand corner, And join pins 1-2 -- most left > hole moving right towards the center pin, there orientation is > horizontal I believe. The board as I mention powers up and then times > out and shuts down. I have tried with the MMC in and out no avail. I > have also purchased two boards at a pretty steep price and would like to > pass them out to family members with the hopes of purchasing additional > boards. But the ESATA/SATA issue is stopping me and I don't want to > return the second board to DIGIKEY. I cant return the first board well > because I modified it by removing the resistor. > > > > Is the image I used on the SATA drive incorrect or need an adjustment? Are > the PIN orientation as I understand it incorrect. > > > > Held the X15 so that the ON switch is the upper left and jumpers are upper > right hand corner. > > > > The drive spins up when I power up the board. So I know the ESATA port is > powering up with the board. > > 1 2 3 > > | Ethernet | | XX0 | J3 Short 1 and 2 > > | Connector| | 000 | J4 > > | | | 000 | J6 > > > > Drive Manufacturer is the SEAGATE IRON WOLF. > > > > Image: > > bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb.img.xz, > > I have also run ( apt-get -y update && and apt-get -y upgrade ) > > > > > > Can you please help? Is there an alternate way of booting off of the ESATA > port > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Angel > > > > > > On Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 10:54:51 AM UTC-4, [email protected] > wrote: > Hello, > > I just purchased an X15 and the EMMC memory is rapidly filling up. > > 1. Is there a way to boot from an external USB hard drive? > or > 2. Can someone provide more detail directions on switching boot sequence to > boot directly from eSATA? > The reference manual is very vague on this. You need to unsolder and resolder > resistors to act as jumpers? There are perforated holes in the circuit board > where the resistors and jumpers are supposed to be. Are the resistors > supplied? Are they on the board? If so where are they? What are their values > in Ohms? How are the perforations on the board numbered 1-3 from left to > right or right to left? This needs to be much more detailed. Why would you > design a board that make switching the boot sequence so difficult? How about > just putting in some removable jumpers! > > Any detailed help and direction would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > MAB > > > > > > -- > > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/xPYp2vR6TDk/unsubscribe. > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/6e58bd35-d1d8-4027-a5f8-23bd76edf60e%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Hi Marc, One other detail, The SATA/ESATA is powered with an external power supply. The ESATA port is not providing power to the drive itself. And in addition since I de-soldered R444 and added the headers to J3,J4 and J6, pins to 2-3 are shorted. -- 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/dc6acf88-8772-4076-a5dc-189cb655cbd2%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
