[Freedombox-discuss] problems flashing FBX image on Beaglebone Black

[dgj+lists at systemli.org]

Hi,

I am trying to install FreedomBox on a Beaglebone Black (BBB rev c) and 
am having no luck. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Note that I have been able to flash a fresh install of Debian (i.e., 
bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-05-13-4gb.img) onto the on-board 
eMMC (which works fine), but cannot seem to get the FBX image 
(freedombox-testing-free_0.9_beaglebone-armhf.img) to work.

One of many things I have tried:

- With the fresh install of Debian, ssh into the BBB, open 
/boot/uEnv.txt, and uncomment the line 
cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh. Save and 
exit. [If I don't do this step, it always boots the Debian image 
normally and not the SD card, even if I hold the boot button at 
startup.]

- After this, I mount the SD card with the FBX image on my computer and 
rename the boot.scr file to boot.scr.bckp. I now insert the SD card into 
the BBB and boot.

Following: 
https://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/freedombox-discuss/2016-February/007258.html

This boots and then seems to flash from the SD card, but when it is 
finished and I turn on the BBB, nothing.

I have had to reflash Debian to get it working again.

Note that the information at this link does not seem relevant, since I 
cannot get it to book the first time:

https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/QuestionsAndAnswers#I.27m_having_some_problems_getting_FBX_working_on_a_BeagleBone_Black._The_latest_release_would_boot_once.2C_but_after_the_initial_reboot_it_wouldn.27t_boot_again.

Any ideas?

And a quick thank you to the community for all of your help!

Best,
DJ