Update! I managed to get it to boot by completely erasing the microSD card and formatting it as EXT4.
Thanks, everyone! On Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 10:57:14 AM UTC+8 Chinmay Pendharkar wrote: > Thanks Robert. > > OK. I removed the uEnv.txt from the microSD card (so now I have an empty > FAT partition on the card). But it's still doesn't seem to want to boot. > The serial console is empty.. :( > > -Chinmay > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 10:45 AM Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:40 PM Chinmay Pendharkar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hello people, >> > >> > I'm trying to use the SDCard on the BBAI for extra storage. >> > >> > - I have successfully flashed Debian Console image onto the EMMC using >> the published flasher images. >> > - Next, I formatted a new microSD Card with MBR and create a FAT >> partition >> > - Next, I created a uEnv.txt in that partition with the contents >> > >> > ``` >> > mmcdev=1 >> > bootpart=1:2 >> > mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk1p2 ro >> > optargs=quiet >> > ``` >> > I was using this article as a reference : >> https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:MicroSD_As_Extra_Storage >> > >> > However, when I insert the microSD card and reset the board, I don't >> see anything on the serial console. >> > >> > Usually, I can see >> > >> > ``` >> > U-Boot 2020.10-rc1-00001-gc5bc0aaa70... >> > ... >> > >> > but when I have this microSD card inserted, I don't see anything. >> > >> > What am I doing wrong? >> >> On the BBAI, if you want to use the microSD as extra storage, do NOT >> create any files named "uEnv.txt" under /, or /boot/ , etc.. >> >> Then u-boot will happily ignore it.. >> >> The BBAI (am57xx) has a different boot order then the BBB (am335x), on >> the BBAI the microSD is always first, where as the BBB the eMMC is >> first.. >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Robert Nelson >> https://rcn-ee.com/ >> > -- 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/f0c9601b-72fd-406a-829e-197222456783n%40googlegroups.com.
