Re: [beagleboard] I *still* can't get Debian 9 onto my BBB

[Robert Nelson]

On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Chris Green  wrote:
> Well I'm back at home off my boat now and I didn't manage to get
> Debian 9 onto my BBB there, it's still running Debian 7.
>
> I still have remote access to the BBB from here at home so, if anyone
> wants to help and needs answers to questions I can go and take a look.
>
> The Debian 9 image I was trying was this one (expanded of course) :-
>
> bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz
>
>
> As noted in my previous postings here this image successfully
> self-installed automatically on another (I thought older) Debian 7 BBB
> that I had.
>
> When inserted in the BBB I want to update it did nothing on rebooting.
> I also tried powering up with the 'boot' button held down but that did
> no good either, it simply did nothing.
>
> I tried running the script:-
>
> /opt/scripts/tools/beaglebone-black-eMMC-flasher.sh
>
> and that didn't work either (as reported above in an earlier posting),
> it seems to have done something to the microSD which had Debian 9 on
> it too.
>
>
> So, how on earth am I going to get Debian 9 onto my BBB?  Surely there
> must be a reliable way to do this, especially as I have a running
> Debian system on it.  Is there a script I can get which can install an
> OS from an image on a microSD?  I'd really be happiest with a
> script/program I can load and run on my existing system rather than
> some sort of automatic load which requires a combination of buttons
> pressed and power-up sequences.
>
> What I need (help/information) is:-
>
> What Debian 9 image to use (minimal non-GUI system)
>
> How to write it to the microSD card (on a Linux system)
>
> A script to run that will install it on the eMMC.

With: bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz booted on the microSD

Run:

sudo /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

It should "work", but there is a good reason we moved to flashing the
eMMC in single user mode...

So IF it fails, follow the standard eMMC flashing directions here:

https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Flashing_eMMC

Regards,

-- 
Robert Nelson
https://rcn-ee.com/

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[beagleboard] I *still* can't get Debian 9 onto my BBB

[Chris Green]

Well I'm back at home off my boat now and I didn't manage to get
Debian 9 onto my BBB there, it's still running Debian 7.

I still have remote access to the BBB from here at home so, if anyone
wants to help and needs answers to questions I can go and take a look.

The Debian 9 image I was trying was this one (expanded of course) :-

bone-debian-9.3-iot-armhf-2018-01-28-4gb.img.xz


As noted in my previous postings here this image successfully
self-installed automatically on another (I thought older) Debian 7 BBB
that I had.

When inserted in the BBB I want to update it did nothing on rebooting.
I also tried powering up with the 'boot' button held down but that did
no good either, it simply did nothing.

I tried running the script:-

/opt/scripts/tools/beaglebone-black-eMMC-flasher.sh

and that didn't work either (as reported above in an earlier posting),
it seems to have done something to the microSD which had Debian 9 on
it too.


So, how on earth am I going to get Debian 9 onto my BBB?  Surely there
must be a reliable way to do this, especially as I have a running
Debian system on it.  Is there a script I can get which can install an
OS from an image on a microSD?  I'd really be happiest with a
script/program I can load and run on my existing system rather than
some sort of automatic load which requires a combination of buttons
pressed and power-up sequences.

What I need (help/information) is:-

What Debian 9 image to use (minimal non-GUI system)

How to write it to the microSD card (on a Linux system)

A script to run that will install it on the eMMC.

-- 
Chris Green
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