Help with writing Pickle image to Micro-SD
Hi, I have been trying to create a bootable Micro-SD card with pickle.img for a BeagleBoard-Xm, but not having any luck. I have tried writing the image from WinXP (with dd), from Mac OSX and from RHEL6. It takes about an hour to write the image no matter which platform - with the same result. It doesn't work.My last attempts have been on RHEL6. Below is the output from fdisk after writing the image. It shows both partitions and that part 1 is marked as bootable. But the device will not mount on RHEL, not will it boot the BeagleBoard. Can anybody lend a clue as to where I'm going wrong? Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd1: 3948 MB, 3948102144 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 479 cylinders, total 7711137 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00015d60 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1p1 * 63 144584 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) /dev/sdd1p2 144585 7727264 3791340 83 Linux Thanks, Kevin W8KHW
Kevin, What brand is the card? I had difficulty with kingston cards but found the sandisk cards worked well. Andrew VK2XAG On 18/07/2011 6:05 AM, "Kevin Walsh" <w8khw1@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have been trying to create a bootable Micro-SD card with pickle.img for a BeagleBoard-Xm, but not having any luck. I have tried writing the image from WinXP (with dd), from Mac OSX and from RHEL6. It takes about an hour to write the image no matter which platform - with the same result. It doesn't work.My last attempts have been on RHEL6. Below is the output from fdisk after writing the image. It shows both partitions and that part 1 is marked as bootable. But the device will not mount on RHEL, not will it boot the BeagleBoard.
Can anybody lend a clue as to where I'm going wrong?
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd1: 3948 MB, 3948102144 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 479 cylinders, total 7711137 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00015d60
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1p1 * 63 144584 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) /dev/sdd1p2 144585 7727264 3791340 83 Linux
Thanks,
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On Sunday, July 17, 2011 02:35:50 PM Andrew Gilbett wrote:
Kevin,
What brand is the card? I had difficulty with kingston cards but found the sandisk cards worked well.
I too have had problems with Kingston cards. Now I just use Sandisk because they just work well. 8-Dale
After a successful write of Pickle to the SD card on my BeagleBoard, the preliminarily setup script proceeded normally. My new PicoNode is up, but every time I log in using Putty, I'm directed to change my password before being allowed to continue. How do I eliminate this pesky behavior? Thanks for any suggestions. John / wb5nfc
After a successful write of Pickle to the SD card on my BeagleBoard, the preliminary setup script proceeded normally. My new PicoNode is up, but every time I log in using Putty, I'm directed to change my password before being allowed to continue. How do I eliminate this pesky behavior? Thanks for any suggestions. John / wb5nfc
I'm not using Pickle but, Google "Linux MOTD". Also on limeylinux you have to save any changes that you make so it gets saved o the card. Just an idea. David On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 9:14 AM, John (WB5NFC) <wb5nfc@yahoo.com> wrote:
After a successful write of Pickle to the SD card on my BeagleBoard, the preliminary setup script proceeded normally. My new PicoNode is up, but every time I log in using Putty, I'm directed to change my password before being allowed to continue. How do I eliminate this pesky behavior?
Thanks for any suggestions.
John / wb5nfc
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I purchased some Sandisk 4Gb Micro-SD cards and once again wrote the pickle.img file to it, but no computer recognizes the disk nor will the BeagleBoard-xM boot. Still looking for ideas? Kevin On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Kevin Walsh <w8khw1@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have been trying to create a bootable Micro-SD card with pickle.img for a BeagleBoard-Xm, but not having any luck. I have tried writing the image from WinXP (with dd), from Mac OSX and from RHEL6. It takes about an hour to write the image no matter which platform - with the same result. It doesn't work.My last attempts have been on RHEL6. Below is the output from fdisk after writing the image. It shows both partitions and that part 1 is marked as bootable. But the device will not mount on RHEL, not will it boot the BeagleBoard.
Can anybody lend a clue as to where I'm going wrong?
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd1: 3948 MB, 3948102144 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 479 cylinders, total 7711137 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00015d60
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1p1 * 63 144584 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) /dev/sdd1p2 144585 7727264 3791340 83 Linux
Thanks,
Kevin W8KHW
I would *guess* that your are writing it to a partition on the flash card. the 'pickle.img' is intended to be an image of the WHOLE flash card. Would that not be in your case /dev/sdd *not* /dev/sdd1?? When we make them, we always use /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc, etc... And when you have it working, you DEFINITELY can mount either or both of the partitions created on the card with RHEL. JIM WB6NIL
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 01:15:15 -0400 From: w8khw1@gmail.com To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Help with writing Pickle image to Micro-SD
I purchased some Sandisk 4Gb Micro-SD cards and once again wrote the pickle.img file to it, but no computer recognizes the disk nor will the BeagleBoard-xM boot.
Still looking for ideas?
Kevin
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Kevin Walsh <w8khw1@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I have been trying to create a bootable Micro-SD card with pickle.img for a BeagleBoard-Xm, but not having any luck. I have tried writing the image from WinXP (with dd), from Mac OSX and from RHEL6. It takes about an hour to write the image no matter which platform - with the same result. It doesn't work.My last attempts have been on RHEL6. Below is the output from fdisk after writing the image. It shows both partitions and that part 1 is marked as bootable. But the device will not mount on RHEL, not will it boot the BeagleBoard.
Can anybody lend a clue as to where I'm going wrong?
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdd1: 3948 MB, 3948102144 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 479 cylinders, total 7711137 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00015d60
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1p1 * 63 144584 72261 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) /dev/sdd1p2 144585 7727264 3791340 83 Linux
Thanks,
Kevin W8KHW
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