Access to micro SD

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Hi All and thanks for this fantastic community.
I’m a new user of BeagleBone Black and I’m excited to have one in my hands.

My problem is the following: I tried to plug in a micro-SD 2GB but I couldn’t see the card (it is not listed with fdisk).
I thought I could solve by updating the operative system, so I tried to flash the Angstrom Distribution (BeagleBone Black - 2GB eMMC) and did the following:

  • unpack the file Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME-eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.06.20.img.xz
  • use dd command to transfer to the SD on my MAC
  • powered down the BBB and plugged in the SD card
  • pressed the USER/BOOT button
  • powered the BBB

Effect is that the Power Led (the one close to power connector) stays ON forever.
In order to recover I have to remove the micro-SD and restart the BBB.
Does someone knows what could be wrong?
I have also tried Ubuntu image but issue is the same.
Thanks a lot,

Vince

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I suggest you use the latest image that has this issue fixed. Go to the link on the white card that came in the box.

http://circuitco.com/support/BeagleBoneBlack

Gerald

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Also did you try to use the 2GB micro-SD to install the new OS? You have t o use a 4GB micro-SD.

Yves

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Yes, I have used a 2GB... I go to by a 4GB SD immediately and let you know. Thanks for the fast feedback!

Vince

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I bought a 8GB SD Card and it works like a charm… Thanks for the support,

Vince