Flashing the eMMC on BBAI

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Hi,

We were trying to flash the eMMC of BB AI with the latest Debian Buster update available from:

https://beagleboard.org/latest-images

at:

“Flasher” Debian images### Buster IoT TIDL (without graphical desktop and with machine learning acceleration tools) for BeagleBone AI on-board eMMC flashing via microSD card- AM5729 Debian 10.3 2020-04-06 16GB eMMC IoT TIDL Flasher image for BeagleBone AI - more info - sha256sum: 1f1eb317e979712b20c4119d63926eb0fc626ace1909f174bc973d915240ebe1

as below:

  1. Download the am57xx-eMMC-flasher-debian-10.3-iot-tidl-armhf-2020-04-06-6gb.img.xz file, from the above link.

  2. Unzip it to obtain the image file (.img).

  3. Copy this image file (.img) to a microSD card.

  4. To the BBAI board disconnected from power, plug in the microSD card.

  5. Press the reset s/w onboard the BB-AI, and connect the USB C-type cable so as to power up the board. Release the reset s/w after 5-7 seconds of powering up.
    None of the onboard LEDs flash up to indicate that the eMMC is being flashed

  6. The USB C-type cable was removed after 90 mins of no activity and after plugging back the eMMC seems to be corrupted.

Could someone please help us here!!

Thanks,
Ak

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Akash_Jain, on the BB AI you don’t have to press the reset button, the board should boot directly from the SD card if the later is present and properly flashed.

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There is no reason to unzip, and just use balenaEtcher - Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives to flash it to a microSD…

Regards,