You just need to assign the USB device to the Virtual Box VM; the native OS does not need to be able to read the filesystem. Also, you could use ext4fuse on you Mac to mount a ext filesystem. Or just Bootcamp your Mac with Linux. However, all of this is why I no longer use Mac systems.
On Thursday, October 31, 2019, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Dennie. > I think that is getting me closer. I can now mount the SD on my Mac. > FYI to anyone reading this for similar help: If the Mac doesn't see the > ext4 partition a VirtualBox VM will not work as it doesn't connect to the > VM at all. > > I can now see and edit the uEnv.txt file. > I'm not up and running yet but that gives me some more to play with. > > > > > On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 12:00:32 PM UTC-4, Dennis Bieber wrote: >> >> On Tue, 29 Oct 2019 04:05:01 -0700 (PDT), in >> gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user Michael B >> <mike-NEI+xi/[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >- 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. >> >> https://www.maketecheasier.com/mount-access-ext4-partition-mac/ >> >> If you've written a NON-flasher image on the SD card, and it >> still >> tries to run the flasher, you've got a strange eMMC configuration. Try >> holding down the boot-select button to force the card to load u-Boot from >> SD card (I believe for some years now u-Boot on eMMC is configured to >> detect an SD card and then transfer to it to complete booting, but that >> implies it is not using the SD card u-Boot) >> >> If the boot-select with a non-flasher image works, you should be >> able >> to mount the eMMC and explore it for incorrect configuration files. Or >> zero >> it out so it can't boot from eMMC (and maybe eventually reflash it with a >> known working image -- convert the working SD card to flasher). >> >> -- >> Dennis L Bieber >> >> -- > 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/3337ab28-8663-4fac-8640-df3b1991b1b6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/3337ab28-8663-4fac-8640-df3b1991b1b6%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/CAG99bkrNy4PG%2BC5zxtu-7cq4Wi7LdpZvaRCv0Ccr8ntgZyNj3w%40mail.gmail.com.
