Problem loading Angstrom Demo onto Beagleboard

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Having problems loading Angstrom Demo onto Beagleboard. Here are the
steps I've taken so far...

-formatted SD card as described in http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/LinuxBootDiskFormat

- downloaded all Angstrom Demo files

-untared Angstrom Demo files onto ext3 Partition as described in
http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/HowToGetAngstromRunning

- unmounted the card, put it into the Beagleboard powered by 500 mA
supply using a Pico Projector as the display via the hdmi port

The screen just flickers and does not give a prompt as the Angstrom
Demo site says it should.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Kelsey

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Hello,
Try this:
After you extract the tar to ext3 partition.
Use terminal and WGET (if on linux) to get the MLO on your FAT
partition.

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cd /media/boot

   wget http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/MLO
   wget http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/u-boot.bin
   wget http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/uImage-2.6.29-r47-beagleboard.bin

Rename uImage-2.6.29 to uImage.

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Kelsey,

You should also try using a power supply that is rated about 2.5 A. I think 500 mA might be too low.

Jake

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Hi,
i have a similar problem…
Mine is a clone to beagleboard , EMA-DEV 3530.
i built MLO, Uimage, U-boot.bin for that Board…
But built Angstrom-x11 roootfs For omap3evm.
Even i dont see anything on the touch screen, just a backlight.
What should i do?

Thankyou

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Follow this link carefully and you will get the correct output :

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-beagleboard-xm/

Then I have used other links to get c6 run on my beagle board

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Why not follow the steps at http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/demo/beagleboard/ ?