You could install something like VirtualBox or VMWare Fusion on your Mac and create a Linux VM where you should be able to read the flash card.
if you are questioning the burn to uSD, then you could download and install Etcher to create the bootable uSD card. Jon On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:05 AM Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > Great questions. Thanks so much for helping here. :) > > --- > TL:DR: > - I cannot read or write to the SD card on my computer after transferring > the image to the SD card. It's in a format the computer does not like (osx > catalina). Therefore, I do not know how to turn off the flash option in > /boot/... to stop it from trying to reflash. > - I am not having luck figuring out how to access the image in u-boot over > FTDI cable. > - I am using the current image from the download page. I have also tried > others, including the one called Flasher. I could be messing this up > somehow and under the delusion that it's working when it's not. > --- > > Longer explanation: > > I am using the images found on the Getting Started page -> Download the > latest ... > http://beagleboard.org/latest-images > > On my mac (running Catalina) I use the following command to write the > image to an sd card. > sudo gdd bs=1M if=bone-debian-9.9-lxqt-armhf-2019-08-03-4gb.img > of=/dev/rdisk2s1 status=progress > > I then eject the card place it in the BBGW and boot it. It flashes over. > > I remove the card and start the BBGW. Watching the boot through the FTDI, > I see it is trying to flash again. > > I know about the setting in /boot//uEnv.txt > > However, I cannot read the SD card on my computer once it's written the > image from the gdd process above. It gives me a warning when I plug it > into my mac that asks me if I want to initialize, ignore or eject. I have > of course tried all 3. In Disk Utility it doesn't even show up as a > drive. It doesn't show up using "df -h" and most importantly, it isn't > showing as a drive where I can edit the uEnv.txt file and rem out the flash > property. > > Through the terminal I can hit space when I boot the board and go into > u-boot. I can view the environment variables but I can't figure out the > commands to even see if the /boot dir is accessible. I can't seem to find > how to enumerate the "interfaces" in u-boot. > > I am going to bring the SD card to work and see if I can read the card > there. Also, I wonder if I should go a different route (different > computer) to create the SD card to begin with. I have seen some tutorials > showing the manual formatting of the partitions, coping the image and > making it bootable. The suggested tool for the Mac has been not working > for a couple of years and the developer isn't updating it. So on my Mac, > the (g)dd command is the only way. > > I will be trying to get my hands on a Windows PC tonight and see if I have > better luck with the SD card there. > > Thanks all for the help. I know it's going to end up being one simple > thing that I am missing. At least the tinkering is fun. :) > > Michael B > > > > > -- > 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/c7aebb99-5206-4d1a-9aa0-d1036224e871%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/c7aebb99-5206-4d1a-9aa0-d1036224e871%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAG99bkqrFzyzrYhgJbT5Uh4LCe9sxZzsg7qA407%2B901PBj4zOg%40mail.gmail.com.
