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Re: Bug#782574: installation-reports: d-i does not boot on beaglebone black



Hi everybody,

My 5 ¢ :

Le 03/06/2015 03:16, Vagrant Cascadian a écrit :
> On 2015-05-27, François-Régis wrote:
>> Le 27/05/2015 20:36, Vagrant Cascadian a écrit :
>  
> 
> Here's a stab at some text and instructions:
> 
> Booting BeagleBone Black
> 
> The u-boot version shipped with Debian Jessie does not work out of the
> box with debian-installer on the BeagleBone Black. The following
> workaround should enable booting by setting some environment variables
> at the u-boot prompt, using the appropriate SD-card-images from Jessie
> debian-installer:

You will need a serial console and press a key before u-boot tries to
start d-i.

> 
> Set the fdt file:
> 
>   U-Boot# run findfdt
>   U-Boot# printenv fdtfile
>   fdtfile=am335x-boneblack.dtb
> 
> If it doesn't set the fdt file correctly, set it manually:
> 
>   U-Boot# setenv fdtfile am335x-boneblack.dtb
> 
> Set a few compatibility variables:
> 
>   U-Boot# setenv devnum 0
>   U-Boot# setenv bootpart 1
>   U-Boot# setenv devtype mmc
>   U-Boot# setenv boot_targets mmc0
> 
> Ensure that the console variable is set appropriately:
> 
>   U-Boot# printenv console
>   console=ttyO0,115200n8
> 
> Load the boot script manually:
> 
>   U-Boot# load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${bootpart} ${loadaddr} ${script}
>   U-Boot# source ${loadaddr}
> 
> If everything went well, it should load the kernel, initrd, device-tree,
> and boot into debian-installer...
> 
> 
> If there's an old u-boot version on the eMMC and these instructions
> don't work, it may require pressing the "boot" button (near the micro-SD
> slot) to load u-boot off of the micro-SD card.


-- 
François-Régis


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