From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 7 01:41:51 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DA54E8C for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2013 01:41:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@0x544745.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f46.google.com (mail-oa0-f46.google.com [209.85.219.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0B561C4F for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2013 01:41:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id h1so4895647oag.5 for ; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 18:41:44 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=hCI/TyvDWtFkCkpIlUIhV+6LU311/pQ+Rg95W91WWes=; b=ph9mYqcGupIHcsnp2WokpyRLnL6eTpDz9gD4H9jhi4ZcXHLAd26BVTalQhDJGdQy29 TcrCyoL77SZsTNm+DznaIhuMQEfdz8RKYEIfPWZS1hAIP/3HpXIsmrf1F1MJ3vsWdYQK osigI6KK/kgWlzEDb3Bipo/xLrX9+OuJ9ZK3qzeEh2tOADeOFX4zC3RF1NqNM1msqpyC 3jZeNLej9pSAWTy33gf3fhk+MUKrKldifT1AxyGZXgthsGI05RrjNVkE0uSubbcsQH3e M9KAGHGBAqg/SnwKhLNMKElE6QSlWUMA1C3JQQY8QnHT2NRqVpJdND72m5BwHg4oFv2l flTQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.66.137 with SMTP id f9mr9800777obt.24.1373161304034; Sat, 06 Jul 2013 18:41:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.111.67 with HTTP; Sat, 6 Jul 2013 18:41:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <97D78167-9428-4005-89EE-15A78F74BE46@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <97D78167-9428-4005-89EE-15A78F74BE46@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 19:41:43 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Booting Beagleboard Black From: Tom Everett To: Paul Mather X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmMJqDUxr9sNeRUQVXSi+X43yaebUfFEmRlgI+A0cdr67TOI1+woW+uBu4afb2ORv7QGryf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the StrongARM Processor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 01:41:51 -0000 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 wrote: > > On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:10 PM, Tom Everett 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