Hi Hugo, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
To answer your questions. I'm using a Beaglebone Black variant. Its a stripped down board, all the connectors and headers have been removed. So no wifi, no ethernet, gpio headers, etc. Just a USB port. I agree, I'm using the word brick incorrectly here. I know I can always go back and reflash the BBB if I do something to prevent me from accessing the board again. I'm just trying to do as much as I can before I start making changes, As I'm currently at a point that the board is setup and configured on the linux side exactly how I want it. And I would rather not go through the trouble of reflashing and setting everything up again. What is not clear to me is the use of the scripts used to configure USB0. /boot/uboot/scripts/setup-ubuntu-armhf-3.8.13-bone30.sh makes changes at bootup to configure for the static IP that is used on USB0. I'm not sure how I would modify it for my needs. Or if there are other things I need to worry about. Again thanks for reaching out. Best regards, Michael On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 4:36 AM Hugo van den Brand <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Are you using the Black or Blue Beaglebone? > > It seems that you are using the term bricked for not being able to connect > to the BBB. > For me it would be bricked if I cannot use anymore at all, so also not > when connecting every possible cable. For the black it's very hard to brick > it like that. It is almost always possible to boot from the insertable SD > card. > > Typically on every system there are scripts being run at start-up. > If you are using ubuntu then you will probably have systemd or init which > will start all your processes. > I have been using busybox for which I add startup commands to a particular > file. > > In general, I would start by logging in to the machine and configure it by > hand. > When that works add the configuration steps to the startup scripts. > > What you exactly need to do will depend on your distro, hardware (maybe > load a module), network settings (fixed IP or dhcp). > > I hope this gives some guidance for now. I would start by looping up > network configuration and the startup configuration for the distro that you > will be using. > > > Best wishes, > Hugo > > > Op ma 6 jan. 2020 00:23 schreef Michael Ascenzi <[email protected]>: > >> I'm looking for some guidance regarding updating the IP address for the >> BBB. I have a BBB that I need to place remotely on my network. Its a >> custom BBB with no connections on it what so ever, other than the USB port. >> Its a non-wifi model. So I'm looking to find a way to use a usb-Ethernet >> adapter and connect it to the USB port. >> >> So I need to update the IP address from 192.168.6.2, but more importantly >> I need to update the subnet so I'll be able to access it on my network. >> >> Its obvious that I can update the information in the interfaces file, >> I've done this before with a raspberry pi. However what I'm concerned that >> if I go about making changes its going to disable access completely and >> that's a risk I don't want to take. I just ordered a new board. I'll do >> some experimenting with the SD card, so i'll avoid bricking issues. >> >> However, I was hoping to gain some insight as to what steps I should >> take. I've read that there are init scripts running at boot that setup and >> configure the USB0 as well. >> >> Does anyone have any insight as to what steps I should take? >> >> Michael >> >> -- >> 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/77780e4f-f3c2-4720-b035-3cd9a712bd67%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/77780e4f-f3c2-4720-b035-3cd9a712bd67%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 a topic in the > Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/4DfzQj315XM/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/CAHK0gJ3_vPj6WxZeYj2ifPzfbfSqA0wcXU55STHTCKa0GoUZJg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAHK0gJ3_vPj6WxZeYj2ifPzfbfSqA0wcXU55STHTCKa0GoUZJg%40mail.gmail.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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