Thanks Robert. OK. I removed the uEnv.txt from the microSD card (so now I have an empty FAT partition on the card). But it's still doesn't seem to want to boot. The serial console is empty.. :(
-Chinmay On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 10:45 AM Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 8:40 PM Chinmay Pendharkar <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hello people, > > > > I'm trying to use the SDCard on the BBAI for extra storage. > > > > - I have successfully flashed Debian Console image onto the EMMC using > the published flasher images. > > - Next, I formatted a new microSD Card with MBR and create a FAT > partition > > - Next, I created a uEnv.txt in that partition with the contents > > > > ``` > > mmcdev=1 > > bootpart=1:2 > > mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk1p2 ro > > optargs=quiet > > ``` > > I was using this article as a reference : > https://elinux.org/Beagleboard:MicroSD_As_Extra_Storage > > > > However, when I insert the microSD card and reset the board, I don't see > anything on the serial console. > > > > Usually, I can see > > > > ``` > > U-Boot 2020.10-rc1-00001-gc5bc0aaa70... > > ... > > > > but when I have this microSD card inserted, I don't see anything. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > On the BBAI, if you want to use the microSD as extra storage, do NOT > create any files named "uEnv.txt" under /, or /boot/ , etc.. > > Then u-boot will happily ignore it.. > > The BBAI (am57xx) has a different boot order then the BBB (am335x), on > the BBAI the microSD is always first, where as the BBB the eMMC is > first.. > > 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/CAJw8XipBVrevbxFkXCvGAsTwB2pYEs5VcgvmKv1wLH8DZ8P8qQ%40mail.gmail.com.
