Have you ensured the 'cmdline=' entry at the bottom of the uEnv.txt file is commented out? If not it will try to reflash the board.
Jon On Thursday, October 31, 2019, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > As it stands now I can read the SD and the env file etc. > > The bbgw won't boot so it does not show the board as a drive on a > computer. > > It just wants to keep flashing from the sd. Remove the sd and power up and > it throws an error that the device to copy from doesn't exist. > > Using boot button does not seem to help. > > I'm afraid I'm back to trying to get at the board drive in u-boot. I > can't find any examples of how to specify the interface and device. > > > > > On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 6:52:39 PM UTC-4, jonnymo wrote: >> >> You could always get a Rasberry Pi to read the BB uSD. >> >> >> On Thursday, October 31, 2019, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I know about that. It doesn't work. >>> Not mine for sure at least with this version of OSX and the latest >>> VirtualBox. >>> >>> Thanks again all for help. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 5:35:20 PM UTC-4, jonnymo wrote: >>>> >>>> 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/ms >>> gid/beagleboard/12ecdfd4-71aa-4c5b-985c-3bfc13f813cb%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/12ecdfd4-71aa-4c5b-985c-3bfc13f813cb%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/500179b4-4a2d-474f-9426-3cc3b3894bc6%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/500179b4-4a2d-474f-9426-3cc3b3894bc6%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. 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