On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 2:22 PM Garrett Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi! Okay so I got a BBB Rev C in the mail, no sd card came with it so I > bought one (8gb). I turned on the BBB and had to change a driver on my > computer (Windows 10) to be able to see the board in putty, success. The > software that is on it is old and nothing will work properly. I downloaded: > > Stretch LXQT (with graphical desktop) for BeagleBone via microSD card > > Debian 9.4 2018-06-17 4GB SD LXQT image > Which downloaded as an .img.xz file. I used 7-Zip to extract the files (i > just clicked ok, never chose a specific folder), and the files were extracted > to an .img file. When I click on this new file, windows says that it is > corrupted, and I do not know what is going on. If I use Win32DiskImager or > Etcher, both programs say that writing the image was successful! But it is > not! if i remove the sd card and insert it back in my computer, everything is > lost and I have to reformat it (Fat32)! > I do not know why I have to reformat the card, I do not know why I lose > everything, I do not know why files are being corrupted, I do not know why > the image will not stay on the sd card, and I do not know if a previous > software being installed on the board can cause issues. >
There's no reason to extract the *.img.xz file, etcher.io will correctly write the image to a microSD card as is.. Windows doesn't know how to read a ext4 partition, thus it would like to format it.. Just stick the microSD into the BBB. Regards, -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAOCHtYi%3DVgGos2zNRukCZgRsw6oO_7Z_QHaEHpxkC5GU9aG6sg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
