apt-get upgrade killed the gadget and don't know what else

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Hi all,

I set up a new BB Green to access the internet via a Windows PC.

I ran apt-get update then apt-get upgrade

The upgrade seemed to run successfully, but the file system was ro instead of rw. I didn’t think anything of it at the time and ran reboot.

When the board came back up, the gadget is completely dead. No USB storage device, no USB ethernet or serial. The BB Green seems to run, there is disk activity for a few seconds and it has a heartbeat, but it’s a brick to me because I can’t get into it.

I need to order micro SD card to work with it, so I can put on a replacement image, and if it boots properly from the SD then flash the onboard storage with that good image.

I bought two BBs, so I’m working with the second one and obviously not upgrading it.

Any hints why an upgrade would trash the BB Green?

Thanks,
Chris

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I don’t think apt-get is responsible for this. When the filesystem is ro, apt-get will not be able change anything there. I’d guess the flash/SD card is damaged, apt-get is only involved accidentialy…