On 20:04-20230825, Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Robert,
On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 19:06, Robert Nelson robertcnelson@gmail.com wrote:
Just https://etcher.balena.io/ and flash an SD card with the official image here: https://www.beagleboard.org/distros/beagleplay-debian-11-flasher
https://files.beagle.cc/file/beagleboard-public-2021/images/am625x-emmc-flas...
OK I tried that on an SD card, but it is still bricked.
Hi Simon,
I've found the bootrom can be a little too quick and you'll get stuck on a failed eMMC bootloader.
I find it best, with power applied, if you hold both the USR and RESET buttons down, then lift off the RESET button.. This will ensure the bootrom/sysboot will actually load the microSD's version of u-boot.
If it's still failing, please grab this newer small August release:
That's posted here: https://forum.beagleboard.org/t/arm64-debian-11-x-bullseye-monthly-snapshots... (updated monthly)
Specifically this flasher file: https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/release/2023-08-05/bullseye-minimal-arm64/beaglepl...
Use Balena Etcher to write it directly to a microSD.
Insert microSD in Apply Power (leds should turn on, if not hit the PWR button to wake up the TPS...) Next, hold both USR and RESET buttons Now, Lift off only the RESET button When even more leds turn on, lift up on the USR button.
At this point the serial should be loading/booting linux, and then running the eMMC flasher in single user mode. Within 5 minutes or so, it should shutdown with a new image in the eMMC..
Thank you, that worked!
Thanks Robert, I did not know of that little trick. Once the everything settles down in master, will patch that little secret into the documentation as well.