Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Solution
NOTE
At the time of this writing, these instructions were up-to-date. Go to
http://beagleboard.org/
latest-images
for the latest instructions.
If you want to use the onboard flash, you need to repeat the steps in
Recipe 1.10
, substitut-
ing
BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-11-11-4gb.img.xz
for
lxde-4gb/
bone-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-11-11-4gb.img.xz
.
That is, download, uncompress, and copy to a microSD card by using the following com-
mands:
host$
wget http://rcn-ee.net/deb/testing/2014-11-11/\
BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-11-11-4gb.img.xz
host$
unxz
BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-11-11-4gb.img.xz
host$
sudo dd
if=BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.7-lxde-4gb-armhf-2014-11-11-4gb.img \
of=/dev/sdb bs=8M
Again, you'll put the microSD card in the Bone and boot. However, there is one important
difference:
you must be powered from an external 5 V source
. The flashing process requires
more current than what typically can be pulled from USB.
WARNING
If you write the onboard flash,
be sure to power the Bone from an external 5 V source
. The
USB might not supply enough current.