Booting Beagleboard Black

[Paul Mather]

On Jul 6, 2013, at 9:41 PM, Tom Everett <tom at khubla.com> wrote:

> 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?

Do you have a USB to serial cable to monitor what is happening during the startup?  Something like http://www.adafruit.com/products/954 is very handy.  It can help let you know whether it is booting the right image, or how far it is getting in the boot sequence.

I've managed to boot a Crochet-produced image on my BeagleBone Black, so I know it is possible.

Cheers,

Paul.