Latest Debian images for older (2GB eMMC) BeagleBone Black boards?

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Hi folks,

I’ve dug out two old BeagleBone Black Rev A5A units from storage and want to get them up and running again with the latest headless (“iot”?) Debian release.

If I am not mistaken, the latest images are located here (Index of /rootfs/bb.org/testing/2023-03-03/bullseye-iot-armhf) and there is no 2GB version released. Predictably, the 4GB image fails if I try to write it to the on-board 2GB eMMC (all 4 LEDs blink after the cylon pattern).

Wondering if I can either tweak the 4GB image to make it fit into the 2GB eMMC or perhaps a 2GB image could be released (or it might already be out and located elsewhere) ?

Thanks.

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What is the bullseye-minimal-armhf image missing for your needs?

Regards,

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Hi @RobertCNelson,

Problem exists between keyboard and chair… I got confused with “minimal” / “iot” labels and wrongly assumed that minimal meant it was not a headless image.

Thanks for the pointer.

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This one is a Debian 10.3 that will run off the SD card, console only.

https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-10.3-console-armhf-2020-04-06-1gb.img.xz

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I do not see any 2GB images on this page? Latest Software Images - BeagleBoard when filtering for the Beagle Bone Black. I have the older 2GB revision and it appears that there is no recent debian image that works with this hardware revision.

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I found those images on this forum.

Seth

P.S. I cannot promise the minimal image will work on the 2GB BBB build from years ago. Do you have a micro SD Card to use?

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I was able to find the minimal build here and it does indeed work on the older hardware rev for the BBB.
Newer builds can be found here Index of /rootfs/release. I was able to glean this url from the one in the referenced forum post.
Thanks.

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