[beagleboard] BeagleBone Black doesn't boot from microSD card

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Nope.. But i am the author of one of those scripts.. Can you please
"pastebin.com" the exact command "setup_sdcard..sh" and it's output
for me to see/debug and what "x86 host" system you ran them on..
Depending what the result of that is, we may have to get the
usb/serial cable out, do you have one? Either way, the script has
been fully tested running on Debian Wheezy (amd64) on both
"pre-production"/"production" BeagleBone Blacks..

Regards,

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BTW: with my image there is no reason to hold down the user button..
As it's compatible with the default boot loader..

Regards,

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Hi Robert,

Here’s the output from setup_sdcard.sh :
http://pastebin.com/upT0C6nc

This is the command:
sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdc --uboot bone_dtb

In setup_sdcard.sh, I replaced “git://” with “https://” as I was getting a fatal error because of my firewall rules.

I still can’t reboot from the SD card. I didn’t hold down the User button this time. I also tried removing the USB cable.

Thanks,
Larry

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Hi Robert,

Here's the output from setup_sdcard.sh :
http://pastebin.com/upT0C6nc

Humm.. Everything looks fine...

This is the command:
sudo ./setup_sdcard.sh --mmc /dev/sdc --uboot bone_dtb

that's correct...

In setup_sdcard.sh, I replaced "git://" with "https://" as I was getting a
fatal error because of my firewall rules.

Those would have been safe to ignore. (Mental note: 'on error' try https..)

I still can't reboot from the SD card. I didn't hold down the User button
this time. I also tried removing the USB cable.

Odd.. Everything looks fine, without more info, i don't know...

So:
On the system you ran the "setup_sdcard.sh" what is it..
Ubuntu/Debian/etc version?
Are we dealing with MacOS/VMware/VirtuaBox/etc?
For kicks, do you have a 2Gb/4Gb from another manufacture then your
8Gb? (What manufacture is the 8Gb from?)
Using 5Volt DC power?

Last Resort:
Any chance do you have the 3.3v usb/serial adapter from FTDI that we
can plug in and see what's actually happening during the boot process.

Regards,

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One more thing.. I'm wondering if the boot flag got enabled:

This would show it:
sudo fdisk -l

Regards,

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Hi Robert,

BeagleBone Black is rebooting successfully. I don’t have FTDI cable. I didn’t see it on the network before. I checked out the DHCP server to figure out the IP address.

Thanks,
Larry