Re: Advice on serial port communication

Hi David and Stuart, Thank you to both of you for your insight and assistance. I have OpenBSD 6.9 running on my BBB now. This is what I did: - I created a new SD card image on an OpenBSD system (previously I was using the Debian-based MX-Linux laptop for that. - During the install process

Re: Advice on serial port communication

Hi Stuart and David, Thank you to you both for the amount of time and advice you have provided. I am away from my BBB for a couple of days. As soon as I get back to it, I will try out a few things, based on advice from both of you. I will update after that. Thank you. joseph On Wed, May 26,

Re: Advice on serial port communication

On Tue, 25 May 2021 08:29:52 -0700 Joseph Olatt wrote: [Accidentally dropped CC… re-sending] > Any advice on how I cat get to the U-Boot (which is what I presume you > mean by the "TI boot-loader") prompt? Nope, by "TI boot-loader", I mean "TI boot-loader", which is burned into a ROM that

Re: Advice on serial port communication

Hi Stuart, Thank you for responding. Please see my response/question below. On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 09:54:06AM +1000, Stuart Longland wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 2021 09:38:21 +1000 > Stuart Longland wrote: > > > Maybe it can't find the boot-loader? > > To clarify??? (yes, half asleep this

Re: Advice on serial port communication

Hi Joseph, I can confirm that if I hold down the BOOT button on the BBB and power up with no micro SD card in the slot, this is exactly what I see. Using a known good OpenBSD SD card in the slot, it boots as expected. HTH, David On 25/05/21 16:29, Joseph Olatt wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > Thank

Re: Advice on serial port communication

On Tue, 25 May 2021 09:38:21 +1000 Stuart Longland wrote: > Maybe it can't find the boot-loader? To clarify… (yes, half asleep this morning)… TI boot-loader cannot find the OS boot-loader… not that it can't find itself. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL) I haven't lost my mind...

Re: Advice on serial port communication

On Mon, 24 May 2021 07:54:38 -0700 Joseph Olatt wrote: > Any advice on what those "C"s mean. The serial cable I'm using is: > Something in the back of my mind suggests this might be the TI bootloader complaining, about something. Maybe it can't find the boot-loader? -- Stuart Longland (aka

Advice on serial port communication

Hi, I am trying to install OpenBSD (6.9) on a Beaglebone (Black, I presume -- it is a kit from Vilros). I followed the instructions at: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.9/armv7/INSTALL.armv7 When I try to connect to the console via the serial port using cu, as described in the