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

General Discussion
#1

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.

#2

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

Regards,

#3

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.

#4

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