beaglebone black 10.3 flash problem

General Discussion
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I have tried to flash ‘bone-eMMC-flasher-debian-10.3-iot-armhf-2020-04-06-4gb.img.xz’ via sd card. The install shows the ‘nightrider’ led sequence for about 20 mins then all 4 leds flash together twice then wait about 400 ms then repeat. it does this forever.
I remove the sc card and reboot, there is some random flashing then all 4 leds come on and stay on. No further progress.

I reflashed 7.5 in case it was an sd card problem but 7.5 flashes ok.

can anybody shed any light on what I’m doing wrong.

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That’s the failure sequence… Since you using the 4GB image and talking about 7.5…

What Model of the BBB do you have, does it have an A5x, B, or C sticker on it?

Regards,

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Hi Robert
thanks for the info.
I beleive it’s a model C but there is no sticker. It has AM3358 but I can’t read any writing on the eMMC chip so I’m not certain if it’s 2 or 4gb. It’s been on the shelf since soon after I bought it around 2014.

the distro that flashes ok is:
BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz

I’m suspecting it may be a 2gb chip on reflection.

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I have just accessed with html for the first time(previously only with putty) and the header tells the story:

BeagleBone Black rev 00A5 S/N 3007BBBK2330 running BoneScript 0.2.4 at 192.168.11.101

my apologies for being so slow I had thought it must be a mod C as the manual gives dates for the releases and my purchase seemed to be around the time of Rel C.

thanks again for the info.

Ed