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This page is about running a (ARM EABI) [http://www.debian.org/ Debian] distribution at [[BeagleBoard]]. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABI) Debian distribution from [[BeagleBoard#MMC.2FSD_boot|SD card]]. To prepare the SD card and install (ARM EABI) Debian on it, [http://bellard.org/qemu/ QEMU] on host PC will be used, following Aurélien Jarno's excellent [http://www.aurel32.net/info/debian_arm_qemu.php Debian on an emulated ARM machine] howto.
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[[Category:Development Boards]]
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[[Category: BeagleBoard]]
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This page is about running a (ARM EABIhf) [https://www.debian.org/ Debian] distribution at [[BeagleBoard]]. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution from [[BeagleBoard#MMC.2FSD_boot|SD card]]. Debian's NetInstall will be used to install Debian onto your Beagle.
  
Note: Debian armel deb's are compiled for armv4t, this allows debian to support a larger number of arm devices with a single port, at only the sacrifice of speed.
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= Help =
  
= KNOWN ISSUES =
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If you need any help:
  
None... --[[User:RobertCNelson|RobertCNelson]] 20:32, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
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*Kernel related help:
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** [https://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard Email Beagleboard user group] *Recommended method
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** ''#beagle'': Beagle irc on freenode, accessible also by [http://beagleboard.org/discuss web interface] ([http://www.beagleboard.org/irclogs/index.php logs])
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** Kernel Trees
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*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform/ v3.17.x kernel branch]
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*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel/ BeagleBone]
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*** [https://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev Development Kernel source code]
  
= Recommended Kernel =
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*When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
So like any big document, it's hard to keep everything up to date.  So if your trying Debian/Mojo for the first time, here's what i recommend, (and it's the same thing i'm running on the build beagle.)
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** U-Boot Version installed on board
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** Kernel Version: uname -a
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** pastebin dmesg
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*** Copy from serial port or use "dmesg | pastebinit" (sudo apt-get install pastebinit)
  
Considered old-Stable: 2.6.28-oer17 :
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= Official BeagleBoard.org Images for shipping with BeagleBone Black =
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* http://beagleboard.org/source
  
lenny: http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/
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= Recommended Beagle Software =
  
squeeze: http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/squeeze/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/
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Mainline U-Boot:
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* All old Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx boards are required to upgrade to at least these U-Boot versions.
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* XM Boards have no NAND, so MLO/u-boot.img is always required on the first partition
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* Directions: [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu#Upgrade_X-loader_and_U-boot Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot]
  
Testing for Stable: 2.6.29-oer31 :
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= Debian NetInstall =
  
Lenny: http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer31.1/ /* build just started */
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Scripts:
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git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
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cd netinstall
  
Squeeze: http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/squeeze/v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer31.1/ /* build just started */
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Device Options:
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BeagleBoard --dtb omap3-beagle
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BeagleBoard xM --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
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BeagleBone (serial) --dtb am335x-bone-serial
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BeagleBone (video via cape) --dtb am335x-bone-video
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BeagleBone Black --dtb am335x-boneblack
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PandaBoard (A1->A3) --dtb omap4-panda
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PandaBoard (A4->Ax) --dtb omap4-panda-a4
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PandaBoard ES  --dtb omap4-panda-es
  
Currently Testing with Build Beagle: http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/squeeze/v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer31/
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You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.
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Standard System : ~455MB
  
Uboot: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Upgrading_u-boot
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== Debian 8 (jessie) ==
  
= Native Install via debian-installer (NON QEMU based) =
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Quick Install script for "board"
Note: This install method requires an LCD+usb(keyboard,etc), and uboot 2008-rc2 (Upgrading u-boot (2.6.27's and later)) or later..
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sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb "board" --distro jessie
  
Testing First Release:
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So For the BeagleBoard xM:
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sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro jessie
  
==PC: Format SD Card==
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*Options:
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**--firmware : installs firmware
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**--serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port
  
You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.
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= Demo Image =
Standard System : ~455MB
 
+ Desktop environment (GNOME) : ~2.9GB
 
  
Starting with an empty SD card and using gparted, create:
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* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBoard xM: Kernel source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform
  50 MiB Primary Partition, fat32
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  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
  Leave remaining space for the Debian-Installer
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cd armv7-multiplatform
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git checkout origin/v4.4.x -b tmp
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./build_kernel.sh
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* '''Advanced Users only''': BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:  Kernel v4.1.x source, used in these demo images: https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev/tree/ti-linux-4.1.y
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git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git
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cd ti-linux-kernel-dev
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  git checkout origin/ti-linux-rt-4.1.y -b tmp
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./build_kernel.sh
  
==PC: Setup SD uboot Partition==
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== Debian (jessie) ==
  
Mount your SD card fat32 partition. (/media/disk/)
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Default username/password:
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*username: debian
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*password: temppwd
  
Debian Lenny old-Stable
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Image Updated:
cd /media/disk/
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*2016-01-14
wget http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/CC-v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.4.0-armv7-x3 kernel
wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz
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** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
mv CC-v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17 uImage
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
gzip -d initrd.gz
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
dd if=initrd of=initrd.pad ibs=8388608 conv=sync
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*2015-12-11
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
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** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
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*2015-11-13
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
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** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
  
Debian Lenny Stable
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Services Active:
  cd /media/disk/
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  Note: Depending on your internal network these may work out of the box
  sudo wget http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/CC-beagle-v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer31
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  Apache, Port 80: http://arm.local/ (Bone: via usb) http://192.168.7.2
  sudo wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz
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  SSH, Port 22: ssh debian@arm.local (Bone: via usb) debian@192.168.7.2
sudo mv CC-beagle-v2.6.29-58cf2f1-oer31 uImage
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  Getty, Serial Port
sudo gzip -d initrd.gz
 
  sudo dd if=initrd of=initrd.pad ibs=8388608 conv=sync
 
  
Tested: 2.6.29-oer31 install RevB5 & RevC2--[[User:RobertCNelson|RobertCNelson]] 14:33, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
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Default user: debian pass: temppwd
  
==Beagleboard==
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Get prebuilt image:
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wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/elinux/debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
  
Mount SD card
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Verify Image with:
  For Linux Kernel 2.6.28 with DSS2
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  sha256sum debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
  setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 initrd.pad; bootm 0x80300000'
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  8968f1755bf9474738df7b9f5da42c5dc518cce3dbb954761848c13ee0152ef5  debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 rw rootfstype=ext2 initrd=0x81600000,8M omap-dss.def_disp=lcd omapfb.video_mode=1280x720MR-16@60'
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
  
For Linux Kernel 2.6.29 and higher using DSS2
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Unpack Image:
  setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 initrd.pad; bootm 0x80300000'
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  tar xf debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
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  cd debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14
Debian Install over DVI Port
 
setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 rw rootfstype=ext2 initrd=0x81600000,8M omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60'
 
 
Debian Install over the Serial Port *(this seems to be a regression from 2.6.28, which allowed you to specify both...)
 
  setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram0 rw rootfstype=ext2 initrd=0x81600000,8M'
 
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
 
The debian-installer should load via the framebuffer, if the screen remains blank, try different resolutions for the bootargs:
 
  
You shall adapt the resolution to you screen as following :
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If you don't know the location of your SD card:
  omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-24@60
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  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc
Modes:
 
"1024x768MR-24@60""800x600-MR24@60" ...
 
  
Here is more explanation on dss video options : [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/fb/modedb.txt;h=ec4dee75a35450376ad13442ea926eaf76de76aa;hb=HEAD]
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You should see something like:
  
  Choose a language
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  Are you sure? I don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...
   C - No localization
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   English - English
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fdisk -l:
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Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes '''<- x86 Root Drive'''
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Disk /dev/sdd: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes '''<- MMC/SD card'''
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lsblk:
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NAME  MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
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sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk
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├─sda1   8:1    0 446.9G  0 part /  '''<- x86 Root Partition'''
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├─sda2  8:2    0    1K  0 part
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└─sda5  8:5    0  18.9G  0 part [SWAP]
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sdd      8:48   1  3.7G  0 disk
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├─sdd1  8:49  1    64M  0 part
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└─sdd2  8:50  1  3.6G  0 part
  
Configure the network:
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* In this example, we can see via mount, '''/dev/sda1''' is the x86 rootfs, therefore '''/dev/sdd''' is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...
  usb0: USB net <- haven't tested & not sure how to setup...
 
  eth0: Ethernet <- Your usb-ethernet device
 
  
Continue the install without loading kernel modules? : <yes>
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Install Image:
  
  Partition disks: This partitioner doesn't have the inform.....? : <yes>
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Quick install script for [board]
  Logical Volume Manager not available: <Continue>
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  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board
  
Partition disks:
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board options:
  Guided - Use the largest continuous free space
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*BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx/Dx          - omap3-beagle
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*BeagleBoard xM                  - omap3-beagle-xm
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*BeagleBone White/Black/Green    - beaglebone
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*OMAP5432 uEVM                    - omap5-uevm
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*BeagleBoard-X15                  - am57xx-beagle-x15
  
  Partitioning scheme....
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So for the BeagleBoard xM:
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  sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
  
Example:
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Advanced: Build Image:
MMC/SD card #1 (mmcblk0) - 2.0 GB Unknown
 
>  #1 primary  57.5 MB    fat32
 
>  #2 primary  1.8 GB B f ext3  /
 
>  #5 logical 148.0 MB  f swap  swap
 
Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
 
  Write the changes to disk? : <yes>
 
  
  No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources? :  
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  git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git
  Continue without installing a kernel? : <yes>
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cd omap-image-builder
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git checkout v2016.01 -b tmp
  
Standard System
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Stable:
  
  No BootLoader: <ok>
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  ./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_jessie_armhf
  
==Install complete==
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Testing:
Reboot (aka remove power)
 
  
Uboot update bootcmd & bootargs
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./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_stretch_armhf
  
For Linux Kernel 2.6.28 using DSS2
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== Debian Testing (stretch) ==
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
 
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=2 rootfstype=ext3 ro omap-dss.def_disp=lcd omapfb.video_mode=1280x720MR-24@60'
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
  
For Linux Kernel 2.6.29 and higher using DSS2
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Image Updated:
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
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*2016-01-14
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** archive broken: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810785
DVI Port
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*2015-12-11
setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60'
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
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** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
Serial Port
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro'
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
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*2015-11-13
saveenv
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** BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
boot
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** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
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** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
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** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
  
Debian will fix the ext3 partition, it'll try to reboot, after halting remove and reapply power.
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Get prebuilt image:
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wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2015-12-11/elinux/debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz
  
==Login & Install kernel-image==
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Verify Image with:
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sha256sum debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz
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1a87d83e4238b52b10d616a345a5ce4e3bc04dbb86590e981f6ae5e45e55b7ba  debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz
  
cd /home/<user>
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Unpack image:
  sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage
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  tar xf debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz
wget http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/linux-image-2.6.28-oer17_1.0lenny_armel.deb
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  cd debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11
  sudo dpkg -i linux-image*
 
  
Extract linux-image's vmlinuz-*
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Then follow the directions shown above with the other images...
dpkg -x linux-image* ./temp
 
  
Mount fat32 partition
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= Flasher =
sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt
 
  
Build uboot compatible image and copy to fat32 boot partition
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== eMMC: BeagleBone Black/Green ==
sudo mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n "Linux" -d ./temp/boot/vmlinuz-*  /mnt/uImage
 
  
Clean up
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This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON.  Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.
  rm -rfd temp
 
  
Sync, umount Partitions and Reboot
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Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
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https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
  
= QEMU install method via debian-installer (emulated arm core via Desktop PC)=
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This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
  
This methods lasted 4 hours on a PC Ubuntu/Lenny (P4 2GHz) with an external USB2.0 card reader.
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Notes:
Install QEMU on your host PC. This assumes that your host PC is running Debian as well. If not, install QEMU the way your host PC distribution uses.
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* If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
apt-get install qemu
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* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
Note: If your debian armel image crashes while fscking the partition, rebuild qemu from trunk.
 
  
==PC: Format SD Card==
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User: debian
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pass: temppwd
  
You will need a 1GB SD card or greater, depending on the installation chosen :
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Image Updated:
Standard System (without graphical environment) : ~455MB
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*2016-01-14
+ Desktop environment (GNOME) : ~2.3GB
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** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
Please note that installer download all packages before installing them, that's why you'll need more space disk.
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*2015-12-11
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** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
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*2015-11-13
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** BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
  
Starting with an empty SD card and using gparted/fdisk, create:
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Get prebuilt image:
  50 MiB Primary Partition, fat32
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  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
  Leave remaining space for the Debian-Installer
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  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
  
==PC: Preparation==
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Verify Image with:
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sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
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9e880b7b5614b6d1d9414cc036d292d7e1bd6680f3a7c3792fb6a21a63f93be6  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
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f68df6578f1e38aaab298d61a8f5f400286c325af53387b1146aedcaf8afcf00  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
  
Create a working directory to keep your files organized.
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Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
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sudo bmaptool copy --bmap BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
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BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
  
  mkdir debian-armel
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Linux: (dd)
cd debian-armel/
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  unxz BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/initrd.gz
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  sudo dd if=./BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
  wget ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-armel/current/images/versatile/netboot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-versatile
 
  
==PC: Install Debian in QEMU==
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== eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15 ==
  
Quick Note: Debian Lenny is undergoing Beta/RC testing so these debian installers are currently way out of date, so it will tell you their are unavailable kernel modules, just ignore the question and continue. These modules will be provided later, with the provided linux-image deb.
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This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager  First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.
  
To install (ARM EABI) Debian inside QEMU:
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Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)
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https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
  
sudo qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-versatile -initrd initrd.gz -m 256 -hda /dev/sdX -append "root=/dev/ram mem=256M"
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This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.
Note: root/sudo access is required to access /dev/sdX directly (verify mmc card with fdisk -l)
 
  
Partition disks, default settings should work for most: Guided - use the largest continuous free space
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Notes:
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* If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
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* If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.
  
[[Image:Beagleboarddebian-partitiondisk.png]]
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User: debian
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pass: temppwd
  
==PC: Running Debian in QEMU (Optional)==
+
Image Updated:
Note: This section is only useful for people with out a usb-network device for their beagle who would like to install additional applications, otherwise just skip to the next subsection to install your linux-kernel by copying files from your desktop pc to a SD card.
+
*2016-01-14
As ext3 filesystem support is not included in kernel you will need an initrd, just copy the one installed in the SD card in /boot.
+
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
 +
*2015-12-11
 +
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
 +
*2015-11-13
 +
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
  
  sudo qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.26-1-versatile -m 256 -hda /dev/sdX -append "root=/dev/sda2 mem=256M"
+
Get prebuilt image:
 +
  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
  
Note: Time will be incorrect.  
+
Verify Image with:
 +
sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
 +
74b5b685869a472d0a0c86d0bfd050b3cd8c5f169c6b08781a05c6c8a6762879  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
 +
c1e660bacc5a29f2e550be1226907faca40c7a5124d100d875b6f262bc7261ca  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
  
  sudo apt-get install ntpdate
+
Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
  ntpdate pool.ntp.org
+
  sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
 +
  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
  
Install default deb packages for linux-image & linux-headers.
+
Linux: (dd)
 +
unxz bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
sudo dd if=./bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
  
Stable  2.6.28
+
= raw microSD img =
wget http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/linux-image-2.6.28-oer17_1.0lenny_armel.deb
 
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
 
  
Note: It's easier to download these straight to the sd card after you've mounted the SD card to copy uImage to the FAT partition.
+
== BeagleBone White/Black/Green ==
  
==PC: Linux Kernel Preparation ==
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
  
Install uboot-mkimage utility
+
User: debian
sudo apt-get install uboot-mkimage
+
pass: temppwd
  
Remount SD card, Ubuntu remounts SD card like this:
+
Auto partition resize:
  /media/vfat/ <fat32>
+
  cd /opt/scripts/tools
  /media/debian/ <ext3>
+
  git pull
 +
./grow_partition.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
Download Kernel-Image
+
Image Updated:
cd /media/debian/home/<user>/
+
*2016-01-14
wget http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/beagle/lenny/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/linux-image-2.6.28-oer17_1.0lenny_armel.deb
+
** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
 +
*2015-12-11
 +
** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
 +
*2015-11-13
 +
** BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
  
Extract linux-image's vmlinuz-*
+
Get prebuilt image:
  dpkg -x linux-image* ./temp
+
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
  
Build uboot compatible image and copy to /media/disk/ <fat32 boot partition>
+
Verify Image with:
  mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x80008000 -e 0x80008000 -n "Linux" -d ./temp/boot/vmlinuz-* /media/vfat/uImage
+
  sha256sum bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
 +
8fc766ce8e7b561517b1fbc18353e477368ab7c28e5ab2ffb90a15bb034220dd  bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
 +
96f74695382e18e8c5cba1b3ee2ddca220a2a192d5ccd6d29a8e944b843ae4de bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
  
Clean up
+
Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
  rm -rfd temp
+
  sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
 +
bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
  
Sync, umount Partitions and Install sd card in beagleboard
+
Linux: (dd)
 +
unxz bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
sudo dd if=./bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
  
=Beagleboard First Boot, uboot, general notes=
+
== OMAP5432 uEVM ==
  
Insert SD Card and power up Beagleboard.
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
  
==Boot==
+
User: debian
 +
pass: temppwd
  
Using a terminal program, stop u-boot and add these commands:
+
Auto partition resize:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools
 +
git pull
 +
./grow_partition.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
For Linux Kernel 2.6.28 using DSS2
+
Image Updated:
setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
+
*2016-01-14
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=2 rootfstype=ext3 ro omap-dss.def_disp=lcd omapfb.video_mode=1280x720MR-24@60'
+
** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
saveenv
+
*2015-12-11
boot
+
** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
 +
*2015-11-13
 +
** OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
  
  For Linux Kernel 2.6.29 and higher using DSS2
+
Get prebuilt image:
  setenv bootcmd 'mmcinit; fatload mmc 0:1 0x80300000 uImage; bootm 0x80300000'
+
  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
+
  wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
DVI Port
 
setenv bootargs 'console=tty0 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-16@60'
 
 
Serial Port
 
setenv bootargs 'console=ttyS2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait rootfstype=ext3 ro'
 
 
saveenv
 
boot
 
  
You shall adapt the resolution to you screen as following :
+
Verify Image with:
  omapfb.mode=dvi:1280x720MR-24@60
+
  sha256sum omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
  Modes:
+
  fba8580490fac9d2d8e0ae57e24bc422e12e9e7bcc1c339180d28559523efa70  omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
  "1024x768MR-24@60""800x600-MR24@60" ...
+
  86449a8137c76517076b00a83f01f1d6982c3a830baec7359f4cbabee3c0af4e  omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
  
Here is more explanation on dss video options : [http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/fb/modedb.txt;h=ec4dee75a35450376ad13442ea926eaf76de76aa;hb=HEAD]
+
Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
 +
sudo bmaptool copy --bmap omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
 +
omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
  
The Beagleboard will reboot 3-4 times while the ext3 filesystem is repaired. (may have to remove power etc)
+
Linux: (dd)
 +
unxz omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
sudo dd if=./omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
  
=== Upgrading u-boot  ===
+
== BeagleBoard-X15 ==
  
Using gparted, create a new 50MB Primary fat32 Partition on a blank SD card, or use your existing fat32 partition.
+
This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager
  
cd /media/disk
+
User: debian
sudo wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/omap/uboot/u-boot-beagleboard-2009.03+r22+gitr2dea1db2a3b7c12ed70bbf8ee50755089c5e5170-r22.bin
+
pass: temppwd
sudo mv u-boot-beagleboard-2009.03+r22+gitr2dea1db2a3b7c12ed70bbf8ee50755089c5e5170-r22.bin u-boot-f.bin
 
  
Tested --[[User:RobertCNelson|RobertCNelson]] 16:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC) RevB5 + 2.6.29-oer31 & RevC2 + 2.6.29-oer31
+
Auto partition resize:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools
 +
git pull
 +
./grow_partition.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
Insert SD Card, boot Beagleboard and stop U-Boot from booting
+
Image Updated:
mmcinit
+
*2016-01-14
fatload mmc 0 0x80200000 u-boot-f.bin
+
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
nand unlock
+
*2015-12-11
nandecc sw
+
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
nand erase 80000 160000
+
*2015-11-13
nand write.i 0x80200000 80000 160000
+
** BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
reset
 
  
==Debian on Beagleboard==
+
Get prebuilt image:
 +
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
  
Debian on BeagleBoard uses the following configuration:
+
Verify Image with:
 +
sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
 +
74ad41cbd92df34fc3a70e48d9adfeedbd98fcbaf2ff4cdc5b0a82615d924ad6  bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
 +
331dbf5499151122c4bd08d0cb0b62bb115490d49ef120b4f1a6ff0d15430cb9  bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
  
* Console log = Serial Terminal
+
Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)
* User Console = HDMI port + usb (keyboard, mouse, etc).  
+
sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
 +
bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX
  
If you want to log in with the serial port, you will have to add to /etc/inittab
+
Linux: (dd)
  S:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 115200 ttyS2
+
unxz bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
 +
sudo dd if=./bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX
  
And if you want to log in as root on the serial port, add ttyS2 to /etc/securetty.
+
= Debian Configuration =
  
Note : the beagle board I have was not configured as USB host. I had to modify it to be able to use mouse and keyboards (see [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard#OTG]). I you do not want to do this, you'll have to install a Vnc server on the beagle to access desktop.
+
==Install Latest Kernel Image==
  
==Current Issues==
+
General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:
#Xorg not displaying, modify /etc/X11/xorg.conf as following :
+
  sudo apt-get update
  Section "Device"
+
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
+
  sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
+
  sudo reboot
Driver "fbdev"
 
  EndSection
 
#Swap disabled: change /dev/hda5 -> /dev/mmcblk0p5 in /etc/fstab (artifact of qemu install to /dev/hdaX)
 
#RTC seems to be not enabled: use ntpdate when ethernet works, or issue
 
  date +"%m%d%y%H%M" -s MMDDYYHHMM
 
  
[[Image:Beagleboarddebian-GNOME.jpg]]
+
Latest kernel script
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools/
 +
git pull
 +
sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>
  
==Notes==
+
== 3.8.x ==
#'fbdev' is normally *slow* since it completely relies on the system cpu to update the framebuffer.  Once the video processing core's driver is released this will no longer be an issue.
+
This is the first beagleboard.org long term kernel tree with capemanager support, it's been the default install for Debian Wheezy
# Debian/Gnome actually need the swap to run (up to 90Mo of swap space on my beagle with 128Mo RAM shipped on it) so that it's even slower when using the SD card (try using an external hdd disk).
+
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8
  
=Advanced: Building a Native Debian Kernel=
+
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
 +
--bone-channel --stable
  
Note, these are just general build hints.
+
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
 +
--bone-xenomai-channel --stable
  
==Install Dependencies==
+
== 4.1.x-ti ==
   
+
This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.
  apt-get install git-core kernel-package fakeroot build-essential curl libncurses-dev uboot-mkimage
+
  beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.1
 +
  Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.1.y
  
==Linux Kernel==
+
4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
 +
--ti-channel --stable
  
  git clone git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git
+
  4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
  cd linux-omap-2.6/
+
  --ti-rt-channel --stable
git checkout -b beagle <tag you wish to use>
 
  
Patch Kernel with patches you need:
+
== Mainline (lts) ==
patch -p1 < ~/dl/patches/*.patch
 
  
Setup Kernel .config
+
4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
  make CROSS_COMPILE= distclean
+
  --bone-kernel --lts
  
Copy or Make your defconfig
+
  4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
  cp ~/dl/defconfig .config
+
  --bone-rt-kernel --lts
or
 
  make CROSS_COMPILE= menuconfig
 
  
Create Debian linux-image* & linux-headers* Package
+
== Mainline ==
  make-kpkg --cross_compile - clean
+
  4.3.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
  fakeroot make-kpkg --cross_compile - kernel_image kernel_headers
+
  --bone-kernel --testing
  
Create U-boot uImage
+
== Debian 8: jessie ==
  make CROSS_COMPILE= uImage
+
  sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp
  
= Deb Builder =
+
Reboot with your new Kernel Image.
  
Auto builds for lenny, sid, and mojo's; linux-image and linux-headers's in appropriate schroot's.
+
== Xorg Drivers ==
  
[http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/  Latest Images]
+
Script:
[http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/changes.txt Changelog]
+
cd /opt/scripts/tools/
 +
  git pull
  
= Rebuilding *.deb Kernel's from Source =
+
BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
 +
./ti-omapdrm.sh
  
Warning: This section was quite old, but lots of people still use it (download wise off my site) so i'm bumping this to a relatively stable checkout: 2.6.28-oer17 (and it actually works...)... However note, the PR variable is used differently in 2.6.29+ kernels...
+
BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:
 +
cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
 +
./ti-tilcdc.sh
  
Note, this is done native on the BeagleBoard...
+
== SGX Drivers ==
  
GIT Checkout, Beagleboard patches, and defconfig.
+
=== SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black ===
  
Requires:
+
Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...
sudo aptitude install git-core gcc wget kernel-package fakeroot build-essential
 
  
For this example lets look at: http://cgit.openembedded.net/cgit.cgi?url=openembedded/commit/&id=df49f5e7f5a14c6736806f3163787608c958f4c9
+
Install the "4.1.x" lts/bone kernel:
 +
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Mainline_.28lts.29
  
All build that i do are logged here: http://www.rcn-ee.com/deb/kernel/changes.txt
+
Build SGX userspace for 4.1.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor)
 +
git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git
 +
cd bb-kernel/
 +
git checkout origin/am33x-v4.1 -b tmp-sgx
 +
./sgx_create_package.sh
  
==Retrieve the GIT checkout==
+
Copy ./deploy/GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz to BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black and install
 +
sudo tar xfv GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz -C /
 +
cd /opt/gfxinstall/
 +
sudo ./sgx-install.sh
 +
sudo reboot
  
GIT Checkout: 79d042a081d3e467c735bb0d9569ed6296f85a3c or Shorthand: 79d042a
+
Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded
 
+
  debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb
  git-clone git://git2.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git
+
  omaplfb                12065 0
cd linux-omap-2.6/
+
  pvrsrvkm              178782 1 omaplfb
 
or if you already downloaded it..
 
   
 
  cd linux-omap-2.6/
 
  git pull
 
 
git checkout 79d042a -b v2.6.28-79d042a
 
git archive --format=tar --prefix=v2.6.28-79d042a/ v2.6.28-79d042a | gzip > ../v2.6.28-79d042a.tar.gz
 
git checkout master
 
git branch v2.6.28-79d042a -D
 
  cd ..
 
  
==Copy patches and defconfig==  
+
= Building Kernel =
  
Open linux-omap**.bb: http://cgit.openembedded.net/cgit.cgi?url=openembedded/tree/recipes/linux/linux-omap_2.6.28.bb&id=df49f5e7f5a14c6736806f3163787608c958f4c9
+
Note, this section use to have a lot of details, but maintenance of the two wiki's became a pain, so for now on we will just link to my other pages:
  
This contains 20+ patches need to form a specific (oe) Openembedded release, too keep things neat and simple for my beagle builder, I'll usually combine this into a single diff located here along with the defconfig. http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/omap/beagle/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/
+
== Beagle/Beagle xM ==
 +
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard
  
wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/omap/beagle/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17.diff
+
== BeagleBone ==
  wget http://rcn-ee.homeip.net:81/dl/omap/beagle/v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17/defconfig
+
  http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone
  
==Rebuild Deb==
+
== BeagleBone Black ==
 +
http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black
  
Extract Kernel Source
+
== Panda/Panda ES ==
  tar -xf v2.6.28-79d042a.tar.gz
+
  http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard
cd v2.6.28-79d042a/
 
  
Apply Patch
+
= Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6 =
patch -p1 < ../v2.6.28-79d042a-oer17.diff
 
  
Copy Defconfig
+
[http://www.jeremycole.com/blog/2011/03/09/beagleboard-upgrading-from-debian-5-to-debian-6/ Upgrading] from Debian 5 to Debian 6 report and tutorial.
cp ../defconfig .config
 
  
Testing Changes
+
= Upgrading from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to Debian 7 (Wheezy) =
make menuconfig
 
  
Clean
+
Note, this only goes over "armel" -> "armel"... For users wishing to switch from "armel" -> "armhf" just re-install...
make-kpkg --cross_compile - clean
 
  
Build
+
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
  fakeroot make-kpkg --cross_compile - kernel_image kernel_headers
+
  sudo sed -i -e "s/squeeze/wheezy/g" /etc/apt/sources.list
(and wait 2hr 15mins)
+
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -y apt aptitude udev dpkg
 +
sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude -y safe-upgrade ; sudo aptitude -y dist-upgrade

Revision as of 22:04, 15 January 2016

This page is about running a (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. BeagleBoard will boot the (ARM EABIhf) Debian distribution from SD card. Debian's NetInstall will be used to install Debian onto your Beagle.

Help

If you need any help:

  • When asking for help, please provide some debugging information:
    • U-Boot Version installed on board
    • Kernel Version: uname -a
    • pastebin dmesg
      • Copy from serial port or use "dmesg | pastebinit" (sudo apt-get install pastebinit)

Official BeagleBoard.org Images for shipping with BeagleBone Black

Recommended Beagle Software

Mainline U-Boot:

  • All old Ax, Bx, Cx and Dx boards are required to upgrade to at least these U-Boot versions.
  • XM Boards have no NAND, so MLO/u-boot.img is always required on the first partition
  • Directions: Upgrade X-loader and U-Boot

Debian NetInstall

Scripts:

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/netinstall.git
cd netinstall

Device Options:

BeagleBoard --dtb omap3-beagle
BeagleBoard xM --dtb omap3-beagle-xm
BeagleBone (serial) --dtb am335x-bone-serial
BeagleBone (video via cape) --dtb am335x-bone-video
BeagleBone Black --dtb am335x-boneblack
PandaBoard (A1->A3) --dtb omap4-panda
PandaBoard (A4->Ax) --dtb omap4-panda-a4
PandaBoard ES  --dtb omap4-panda-es

You will need a 1GB SD card or greater.

Standard System : ~455MB

Debian 8 (jessie)

Quick Install script for "board"

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb "board" --distro jessie

So For the BeagleBoard xM:

sudo ./mk_mmc.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm --distro jessie
  • Options:
    • --firmware : installs firmware
    • --serial-mode : debian-installer uses Serial Port

Demo Image

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/armv7-multiplatform.git
cd armv7-multiplatform
git checkout origin/v4.4.x -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh
git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/ti-linux-kernel-dev.git
cd ti-linux-kernel-dev
git checkout origin/ti-linux-rt-4.1.y -b tmp
./build_kernel.sh

Debian (jessie)

Default username/password:

  • username: debian
  • password: temppwd

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.4.0-armv7-x3 kernel
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
  • 2015-12-11
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Services Active:

Note: Depending on your internal network these may work out of the box
Apache, Port 80: http://arm.local/ (Bone: via usb) http://192.168.7.2
SSH, Port 22: ssh debian@arm.local (Bone: via usb) debian@192.168.7.2
Getty, Serial Port

Default user: debian pass: temppwd

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/elinux/debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
8968f1755bf9474738df7b9f5da42c5dc518cce3dbb954761848c13ee0152ef5  debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz

Unpack Image:

tar xf debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14.tar.xz
cd debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14

If you don't know the location of your SD card:

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --probe-mmc

You should see something like:

Are you sure? I don't see [/dev/idontknow], here is what I do see...

fdisk -l:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes <- x86 Root Drive
Disk /dev/sdd: 3957 MB, 3957325824 bytes <- MMC/SD card

lsblk:
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0 446.9G  0 part /  <- x86 Root Partition
├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part 
└─sda5   8:5    0  18.9G  0 part [SWAP]
sdd      8:48   1   3.7G  0 disk 
├─sdd1   8:49   1    64M  0 part 
└─sdd2   8:50   1   3.6G  0 part 
  • In this example, we can see via mount, /dev/sda1 is the x86 rootfs, therefore /dev/sdd is the other drive in the system, which is the MMC/SD card that was inserted and should be used by ./setup_sdcard.sh...

Install Image:

Quick install script for [board]

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb board

board options:

  • BeagleBoard Ax/Bx/Cx/Dx - omap3-beagle
  • BeagleBoard xM - omap3-beagle-xm
  • BeagleBone White/Black/Green - beaglebone
  • OMAP5432 uEVM - omap5-uevm
  • BeagleBoard-X15 - am57xx-beagle-x15

So for the BeagleBoard xM:

sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdX --dtb omap3-beagle-xm

Advanced: Build Image:

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/omap-image-builder.git
cd omap-image-builder
git checkout v2016.01 -b tmp

Stable:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_jessie_armhf

Testing:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee_console_debian_stretch_armhf

Debian Testing (stretch)

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
  • 2015-12-11
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.2-armv7-x1 kernel
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • BeagleBoard xM: v4.3.0-armv7-x0 kernel
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2015-12-11/elinux/debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz

Verify Image with:

sha256sum debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz
1a87d83e4238b52b10d616a345a5ce4e3bc04dbb86590e981f6ae5e45e55b7ba  debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz

Unpack image:

tar xf debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11.tar.xz
cd debian-stretch-console-armhf-2015-12-11

Then follow the directions shown above with the other images...

Flasher

eMMC: BeagleBone Black/Green

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.

Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Notes:

  • If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
  • If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.

User: debian pass: temppwd

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
    • BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
  • 2015-12-11
    • BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • BeagleBone Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
9e880b7b5614b6d1d9414cc036d292d7e1bd6680f3a7c3792fb6a21a63f93be6  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
f68df6578f1e38aaab298d61a8f5f400286c325af53387b1146aedcaf8afcf00  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

eMMC: BeagleBoard-X15

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager First press and hold the boot select button (next to the microSD card), then apply power. On bootup the board should indicate it has started the flashing procedure visually via a Cylon Sweep pattern shown on the 4 LED's next to the ethernet jack. Progress is reported on both the serial debug and hdmi connectors, once completed all 4 LED's should be full ON. Simply remove power, remove the microSD card and Debian will now boot directly from eMMC.

Script for reference: (this is the script that writes to the eMMC)

https://github.com/RobertCNelson/boot-scripts/blob/master/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

This script will only take about 5-6 Minutes after power on.

Notes:

  • If only two LED's stay lit and nothing happens, the board has crashed due to lack of power. Retry with a 5Volt DC power supply connected.
  • If the 4 LED's blink a constant pattern, the eMMC write has failed. First REMOVE ALL capes, then retry again.

User: debian pass: temppwd

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
  • 2015-12-11
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/flasher/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
74b5b685869a472d0a0c86d0bfd050b3cd8c5f169c6b08781a05c6c8a6762879  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
c1e660bacc5a29f2e550be1226907faca40c7a5124d100d875b6f262bc7261ca  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

raw microSD img

BeagleBone White/Black/Green

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
  • 2015-12-11
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • BeagleBone White/Black/Green: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
8fc766ce8e7b561517b1fbc18353e477368ab7c28e5ab2ffb90a15bb034220dd  bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
96f74695382e18e8c5cba1b3ee2ddca220a2a192d5ccd6d29a8e944b843ae4de  bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./bone-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

OMAP5432 uEVM

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
  • 2015-12-11
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • OMAP5432 uEVM: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
fba8580490fac9d2d8e0ae57e24bc422e12e9e7bcc1c339180d28559523efa70  omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
86449a8137c76517076b00a83f01f1d6982c3a830baec7359f4cbabee3c0af4e  omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./omap5-uevm-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

BeagleBoard-X15

This image can be written to a 2GB (or larger) microSD card, via 'dd' on linux or on windows: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Win32DiskImager

User: debian pass: temppwd

Auto partition resize:

cd /opt/scripts/tools
git pull
./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

Image Updated:

  • 2016-01-14
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.15-ti-rt-r40 kernel
  • 2015-12-11
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.13-ti-r36 kernel
  • 2015-11-13
    • BeagleBoard-X15: v4.1.12-ti-r29 kernel

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/2016-01-14/microsd/bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb*
74ad41cbd92df34fc3a70e48d9adfeedbd98fcbaf2ff4cdc5b0a82615d924ad6  bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap
331dbf5499151122c4bd08d0cb0b62bb115490d49ef120b4f1a6ff0d15430cb9  bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy --bmap bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.bmap \
bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

unxz bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img.xz
sudo dd if=./bbx15-debian-8.2-console-armhf-2016-01-14-2gb.img of=/dev/sdX

Debian Configuration

Install Latest Kernel Image

General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
sudo reboot

Latest kernel script

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>

3.8.x

This is the first beagleboard.org long term kernel tree with capemanager support, it's been the default install for Debian Wheezy

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
--bone-channel --stable
3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
--bone-xenomai-channel --stable

4.1.x-ti

This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.1
Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.1.y
4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
--ti-channel --stable
4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
--ti-rt-channel --stable

Mainline (lts)

4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + SGX
--bone-kernel --lts
4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT + SGX
--bone-rt-kernel --lts

Mainline

4.3.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
--bone-kernel --testing

Debian 8: jessie

sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp

Reboot with your new Kernel Image.

Xorg Drivers

Script:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull

BeagleBoard/PandaBoard:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
./ti-omapdrm.sh

BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black:

cd /opt/scripts/tools/graphics/
./ti-tilcdc.sh

SGX Drivers

SGX BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black

Note, these are FBDEV only, no xorg/x11/etc...

Install the "4.1.x" lts/bone kernel: http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian#Mainline_.28lts.29

Build SGX userspace for 4.1.x (must be done on an x86, due to the TI 5.01.01.02 blob extractor)

git clone https://github.com/RobertCNelson/bb-kernel.git
cd bb-kernel/
git checkout origin/am33x-v4.1 -b tmp-sgx
./sgx_create_package.sh

Copy ./deploy/GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz to BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black and install

sudo tar xfv GFX_5.01.01.02.tar.gz -C /
cd /opt/gfxinstall/
sudo ./sgx-install.sh
sudo reboot

Verify omaplfb & pvrsrvkm loaded

debian@arm:~$ lsmod | grep omaplfb
omaplfb                12065  0 
pvrsrvkm              178782  1 omaplfb

Building Kernel

Note, this section use to have a lot of details, but maintenance of the two wiki's became a pain, so for now on we will just link to my other pages:

Beagle/Beagle xM

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBoard

BeagleBone

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone

BeagleBone Black

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/BeagleBone+Black

Panda/Panda ES

http://eewiki.net/display/linuxonarm/PandaBoard

Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6

Upgrading from Debian 5 to Debian 6 report and tutorial.

Upgrading from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to Debian 7 (Wheezy)

Note, this only goes over "armel" -> "armel"... For users wishing to switch from "armel" -> "armhf" just re-install...

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo sed -i -e "s/squeeze/wheezy/g" /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -y apt aptitude udev dpkg
sudo aptitude update ; sudo aptitude -y safe-upgrade ; sudo aptitude -y dist-upgrade