At Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:38:24 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] wrote:
> > > > I have recently got my BBB up and running, and if you ask me, flashing to > eMMC is actually the bugbear of it, in my experience so far. It sounds like > you are already more experienced than with this sort of thing, but there > actually is more to the so-called flashing than simply holding the S2 > button down when plugging your BBB. So, make sure you follow these steps > <https://medium.com/@zageollc/updating-the-software-image-on-a-beaglebone-black-fc73ffcc700> > > precisely. It may take you an extra few minutes to read the instruction and > accomplish the task, but you'll do so once and for all. I don't actually want to flash the eMMC, I only want to use the MicroSD card. I *expected* the eMMC to be blank on a new board. > > Good luck > > On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 11:41:04 PM UTC+3, Robert Heller wrote: > > > > OK, my BeagleBone Black today. I don't have the MicroSD card I ordered > > for > > it, but decided to fire it up with the USB cable it came with. Much to my > > supprise, it actually booted Debian 7. The USB <=> Networking worked > > (even on > > my older CentOS 6 kernel). I'm guessing this is on the internal 4Gig > > Flash > > memory. It made no attempt to get an IP address for the Ethernet when I > > jacked it into my LAN though... > > > > My questions: > > > > When I get my MicroSD card and dd Debian 9 onto it, will I need to do > > anything > > special to make it boot from the MicroSD card and not the internal Flash? > > > > I'm guessing that the Debian 7 image on the Flash memory might just not be > > set > > up to fire up the Ethernet and get an IP address for it. Is this right? > > > > -- > > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > > [email protected] <javascript:> -- Webhosting Services > > > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services -- 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/20190328225424.ED84D26C0003%40sharky3.deepsoft.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
