Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Debian

This page is about running the armhf port of Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. The latest release beagleboard.org image can be found at: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

= Checking The Debian Image Version =

You should check the version of the image on the microSD/eMMC by opening the ID.txt file in the FAT partition.

root@beaglebone:~# cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-03-19

This file can also be accessed via a PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) via either mounting the FAT partition directly off the microSD card or via the usb interface (flash drive).

= Installing =

Oracle Java 8
Information: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

Install: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Verify: debian@beaglebone:~$ java -version java version "1.8.0_60" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-b27) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.60-b23, mixed mode)

TI PRU Code Generation Tools
http://software-dl.ti.com/codegen/non-esd/downloads/download.htm#PRU

Install: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ti-pru-cgt-installer

Older rootfs (when above package doesn't exist): wget http://downloads.ti.com/codegen/esd/cgt_public_sw/PRU/2.1.1/ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh chmod +x ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh sudo ./ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh

= FAQ =

Expanding File System Partition On A microSD
By default the microSD image is only about 2GB in size, to fully expand the partition to the full size of your microSD card simple run.

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

On the next reboot, [df -h] should show the full microSD card size.

Flashing eMMC
To set up the standalone microSD image to automatically flash the eMMC on powerup. *Note, img files with the words "eMMC-flasher" already had this enabled...*

In /boot/uEnv.txt:
 * 1) enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:
 * 2) cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

Change to: cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh
 * 1) enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:

Optional, update Flasher Scripts: cd /opt/scripts/ git pull

and reboot the system, it'll flash the eMMC on the next bootup. (make sure to remove the microSD after flashing is complete)

Kernel Upgrade
We can't ship support for everything on release day, so we push out new kernels as fixes, support for new capes, etc are posted on the beagleboard.org mainline list.

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

Installing kernel headers
If you want to build a kernel module natively, you'll need to install the correct kernel headers.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

In a Makefile, perform:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(shell uname -r)

Loading custom capes
Due to limitations in debian wheezy's userspace, the use of an initramfs, and having firmware builtin to the kernel. It is currently not possible to load "custom" capes via: capemgr.enable_partno=xyz. Instead an init script has been set up to load the cape/capes as soon as possible.

Built-in Cape: capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPIDEV1 slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0' slot #7: dtbo 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' loaded; converting to live tree

Custom External Cape: capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPI1-01 slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0' failed to load firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' loader: failed to load slot-7 BB-SPI1-01:00A0 (prio 0)

Workaround: add "CAPE=BB-SPI1-01" to /etc/default/capemgr

Privileged echo
As a normal user, you can not "sudo echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"

sudo sh -c "echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"

Timezone
By default this image is set up to display time in utc mode. If you would like to change this to your local region.

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

or: echo "Europe/Zurich" > /etc/timezone dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata

Jessie Timezone
List of available timezones: timedatectl list-timezones

Set timezone: sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/North_Dakota/Center

W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb
W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304

Note this directions are version dependent, so double check your version:

debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14

2014-05-14 GPG error: Disable: http://debian.beagleboard.org repo:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Change: deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
 * 1) deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main

To:
 * 1) deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
 * 2) deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main

sudo apt-get update

2014-05-14 GPG error: Optional enable: http://repos.rcn-ee.com/
Download archive-keyring: wget https://rcn-ee.com/repos/debian/pool/main/r/rcn-ee-archive-keyring/rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2016.04.24~bpo70+20160424+1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_*_all.deb

Add repo to /etc/apt/sources.list sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list" sudo sh -c "echo '#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

Update packages: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install npm c9-core-installer --reinstall

Adding bb.org-overlays to jessie console image
Currently by default, the console image doesn't include the *.dtbo overlays.

Install build requirements: (add's 145Mb to the console image) sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core device-tree-compiler

Clone bb.org-overlays repo: git clone https://github.com/beagleboard/bb.org-overlays/ cd ./bb.org-overlays/ ./install.sh

i take full responsibility for knowing my beagle is now insecure
as of 2017-02-19, BeagleBoard images now longer enable these insecure options by default, you are free to recreate them as you wish.

remove root password
root_password=$(cat /etc/shadow | grep root | awk -F ':' '{print $2}') sed -i -e 's:'$root_password'::g' /etc/shadow

ssh root@beaglebone.local
sed -i -e 's:PermitEmptyPasswords no:PermitEmptyPasswords yes:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i -e 's:UsePAM yes:UsePAM no:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config sed -i -e 's:PermitRootLogin without-password:PermitRootLogin yes:g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

sudo no password required
echo "debian ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL" >>/etc/sudoers

U-Boot Overlays
Check via serial U-Boot SPL 2017.05-00002-ga302d6e48b (Jun 01 2017 - 11:38:32) Trying to boot from MMC1 U-Boot 2017.05-00002-ga302d6e48b (Jun 01 2017 - 11:38:32 -0500), Build: jenkins-github_Bootloader-Builder-569

Check via system debian@beaglebone:~$ cd /opt/scripts/tools/ debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools$ git pull debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools$ sudo ./version.sh | grep bootloader bootloader:[microSD-(push-button)]:[/dev/mmcblk0]:[U-Boot 2017.05-00002-ga302d6e48b]

To upgrade your version of U-Boot: debian@beaglebone:~$ cd /opt/scripts/tools/developers/ debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools/developers$ sudo ./update_bootloader.sh debian@beaglebone:/opt/scripts/tools/developers$ sudo reboot

U-Boot Capes added:
NHD-7.0CTP-CAPE Family BB-BONE-NH7C-01-A0.dtbo (first added in: 2017.05-rc2-00002-g86566339a9 (Apr 28 2017 - 10:18:57))

U-Boot /boot/uEnv.txt configuration
/boot/uEnv.txt: enable_uboot_overlays=1

U-Boot Disable on-board devices
To Disable eMMC: disable_uboot_overlay_emmc=1

To Disable HDMI VIDEO & AUDIO: disable_uboot_overlay_video=1

To Disable HDMI AUDIO: disable_uboot_overlay_audio=1

To Disable WL1835: disable_uboot_overlay_wireless=1

To Disable BB-ADC: (first added in: 2017.05-rc1-00002-g35aecb22fe (Apr 05 2017 - 16:51:58)) disable_uboot_overlay_adc=1

U-Boot Override external capes
Cape device tree overlays (src): https://github.com/beagleboard/bb.org-overlays/ Debian package: bb-cape-overlays

uboot_overlay_addr0=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr1=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr2=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr3=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo

If for some reason you need to disable the auto-loading of any of ^ those, use the option that matches your addrX: (first added in: 2017.03-00002-gbfe60d6057 (Mar 28 2017 - 15:32:51)) disable_uboot_overlay_addr0=1 disable_uboot_overlay_addr1=1 disable_uboot_overlay_addr2=1 disable_uboot_overlay_addr3=1

4 more capes can be loaded via: (first added in: 2017.03-00002-gbfe60d6057 (Mar 28 2017 - 15:32:51)) uboot_overlay_addr4=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr5=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr6=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo uboot_overlay_addr7=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo

Plus one custom cape: dtb_overlay=/lib/firmware/ .dtbo

U-Boot PRU Options
With v4.4.x-ti PRU via remoteproc can be enabled by: uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-RPROC-4-4-TI-00A0.dtbo

With mainline (boneX) PRU via uio uboot_overlay_pru=/lib/firmware/AM335X-PRU-UIO-00A0.dtbo

U-Boot Cape Universal
Utilize https://github.com/cdsteinkuehler/beaglebone-universal-io config-pin.

Cape Universal Supported Boards: BeagleBone Black BeagleBone Black Wireless BeagleBone Green BeagleBone Green Wireless Element14 BeagleBone Black Industrial MENTOREL BeagleBone uSomIQ SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced

Not Supported needs work/testing/etc Arrow BeagleBone Black Industrial (different video phy) Neuromeka BeagleBone Air (untested)

To enable, in /boot/uEnv.txt add: enable_uboot_cape_universal=1

= Debian Build Instructions =

You'll want a fairly beefy ARM system to run this script.

git clone git://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder.git cd image-builder ./beagleboard.org_image.sh

Output of the autobuilder can be found at http://builds.beagleboard.org.

= Debian Releases = http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

BeagleBoard-X15 weekly
Bug tracker: http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/beagleboard-x15

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-lxqt) (BeagleBoard-X15)
 * Kernel: 4.9.35-ti-r44

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-02/stretch-lxqt/bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb* 00edbde186a92ae3c5922317cebb442640bc5c4a0c10e3bc397cbc11e2ebf089 bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-02-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

= Debian Image Testing Snapshots =

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Jessie with 3.8.x kernel
Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-02-12/machinekit/bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb* 18361e0426715974b5a0e7f014ff1bf26db2421cbf8d61622efd2856cd8c6214 bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.7-machinekit-armhf-2017-02-12-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot lxqt
2017-07-01 notes * U-Boot: v2017.07-rc2

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (All BeagleBone Variants with a 4GB eMMC)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/lxqt-4gb/BBB-blank-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* cd079bf5c9ef88d4fa6c4ceaf382da111ec27ac3bd1c40dae92b98541d902074 BBB-blank-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* ebe92c05bebaa35a481d24217187ec348f4d73f18ac35bb0ba8f298a358b64e8 bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* 7e70c4edb8c35af01f406adc01e0b070f0cca72473e0b1af2670df5573ec6c2c bbx15-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.8-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-2gb) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/lxqt-2gb/bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-07-01-2gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-07-01-2gb* 785d0851d9a051a678a3e1ec864ea277061a2bbd832ae712b7b6fe36a593db48 bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-07-01-2gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.8-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2017-07-01-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-xm-4gb) (BeagleBoard xM)

 * Kernel: 4.11.8-armv7-x1

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/lxqt-xm-4gb/bbxm-debian-8.8-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-8.8-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* c1ebf20c6d7dcb8d2b90d54b476e40abd62300d7ccbc5c8da0faf483fc1fdcc0 bbxm-debian-8.8-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-8.8-lxqt-xm-4gb-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (iot) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/iot/BBB-blank-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* 61445359a090de245b1008385f5872508d08ec33f73ca2b158d3376c45622a26 BBB-blank-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (iot) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/iot/bone-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* 398a7c84da76e25e79bbc78c1f2f2def073fc5b59e0eff450f562cd8b044ed9e bone-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (iot) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/iot/bbx15-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb* 44d7646800e8e0459da6219fc2486a58f34c4e3859dab9b4a8fc6736d8d41fce bbx15-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.8-iot-armhf-2017-07-01-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (console) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/console/bone-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb* 6f22d16d0771c5ef09f39139ccf35be06c1953232a1ea50fd6f026b5fe295fab bone-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-01/console/bbx15-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb* c54f760da804a263d320955d8e2115626e5b0f24fc1a56109e8a18077e9cee00 bbx15-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-8.8-console-armhf-2017-07-01-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

2017-07-09 - Debian 9 (Stretch) - Weekly
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch

2017-07-09 notes * U-Boot: v2017.07-rc3

Flasher: (stretch-lxqt) (All BeagleBone Variants with a 4GB eMMC)

 * Kernel: 4.9.36-ti-r45

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-lxqt/BBB-blank-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* 940697d798d98d158ded888f0d59dc31cfaacb9775d8e68d063fcc16e8705515 BBB-blank-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-lxqt) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.9.36-ti-r45

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-lxqt/bone-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* edd7f20b7b0a7c0a2f3e9869ad8292cc0cdad5766abacf616ab67830e033a1a2 bone-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-lxqt) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.9.36-ti-r45

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-lxqt/bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* 96f55d411273dac4fcbbe723ba8e33e7d91c8d4c2788bf12a6fdf42de8def49a bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.0-lxqt-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-xm) (BeagleBoard xM)

 * Kernel: 4.11.9-armv7-x1

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/lxqt-xm/bbxm-debian-9.0-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbxm-debian-9.0-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* 35c4082a974efcfdc5bd437e425bcb0ae320df203b8096c407d16120f6d9b4ec bbxm-debian-9.0-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbxm-debian-9.0-lxqt-xm-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (stretch-iot) (All BeagleBone Variants with a 4GB eMMC)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-iot/BBB-blank-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum BBB-blank-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* 122b42550d6f93b8ff203d00e031b10c28d9158524917d5a8a9c13663963424f BBB-blank-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat BBB-blank-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-iot) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-iot/bone-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* 9a691f58743668adb3f6b93549ee14cdb24d5bf58ff679df59b8ec7b3e6a50f7 bone-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-iot) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.4.68-ti-r111

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-iot/bbx15-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb* 96afbe61849da23312f211f098e83974ea6ff6271dc87624ade6e24f9394be4d bbx15-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.0-iot-armhf-2017-07-09-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-console) (All BeagleBone Variants)

 * Kernel: 4.9.36-ti-r45

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-console/bone-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bone-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb* 6467f2b2903b34a33c07a0eb9ca9f381b7ab829f75797f933dd7fe52ac75efb2 bone-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bone-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (stretch-console) (BeagleBoard-X15)

 * Kernel: 4.9.36-ti-r45

Get prebuilt image: wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2017-07-09/stretch-console/bbx15-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb.img.xz

Verify Image with: sha256sum bbx15-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb* aa33b4ce8ef89ce276bf75f53d97f32d791c8cc51b37ba83279ab9d00739ed73 bbx15-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb.img.xz

Windows/Mac/Linux gui http://etcher.io

Linux: (dd) xzcat bbx15-debian-9.0-console-armhf-2017-07-09-1gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

= Kernel Options =

General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep sudo apt-get install linux-image- sudo reboot

Latest kernel script cd /opt/scripts/tools/ git pull sudo ./update_kernel.sh 

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

4.4.x-ti
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.4 Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-rt-linux-4.4.y

4.4.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --lts-4_4

4.4.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_4

4.4.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + Xenomai --ti-xenomai-channel --lts-4_4

4.9.x-ti
beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.9

4.9.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 --ti-channel --lts-4_9

4.9.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + RT --ti-rt-channel --lts-4_9

4.9.x-ti All BeagleBone Variants and BeagleBoard-X15 + Xenomai --ti-xenomai-channel --lts-4_9

Mainline (4.4.x lts)
4.4.x All BeagleBone Variants --bone-kernel --lts-4_4

4.4.x All BeagleBone Variants + RT --bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4

Mainline (4.9.x lts)
4.9.x All BeagleBone Variants --bone-kernel --lts-4_9

Debian 8: jessie
sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp