Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 19:41:43 -0600 From: Tom Everett <tom@khubla.com> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Booting Beagleboard Black Message-ID: <CAB3ij4DR8KJpVZCCxtHtG2QMWZGAdnjfDw5127CuwemgMY=FCA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <97D78167-9428-4005-89EE-15A78F74BE46@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <CAB3ij4C-H5iutjPp=57BtTQFZpM1iZhz-ku0wRBnKodkt1YK-Q@mail.gmail.com> <97D78167-9428-4005-89EE-15A78F74BE46@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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Thanks everyone. I tried the instructions here. https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/BeagleBoneBlack . Specifically 1 - unplug the usb and sd card 2 - plug in sd 3 - hold down "user/boot" button located by the sd connection, at the FAR end of the board from the other two buttons 4 - plug in USB 5 - observe power light go on 6 - release "user/boot" button The power light stays on, but nothing else happens. Perhaps my .img file is not correct, is there somewhere I can download a "known to work" .img file? On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > > On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Tom Everett <tom@khubla.com> wrote: > > > I've built a kernel using crochet, and copied the resulting .img file to > a > > micro SD card. I followed the simple instructions here: > > > > https://github.com/kientzle/crochet-freebsd/tree/master/board/BeagleBone > > > > When I reset the board using the reset button on the BBB, I get three > blue > > lights lit on the USB, and nothing happens. Can anyone give a BBB newb a > > hand? > > You're holding down the wrong button. :-) You need to hold down the user > boot switch at the other end, near the micro SD card. See > https://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/BeagleBoneBlack for details. (See > http://learn.adafruit.com/system/assets/assets/000/008/680/original/BeagleBoneBlack.jpeg?1369065340for location of button.) > > BTW, is it possible to put a boot loader on the eMMC so that it will > always try and boot FreeBSD from the micro SD card? Alternatively, is it > possible to make the FreeBSD boot loader/layout on the BeagleBone Black > compatible with the Angstrom boot loader? It appears to look for an ext2 > file system if the micro SD card is present. Would a BeagleBone Black > image that uses ext2 be bootable by the resident Angstrom system? > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > -- A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding - Douglas MacArthur
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