Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack Debian

This page is about running the armhf port of Debian distribution at BeagleBoard. The latest release beagleboard.org image can be found at: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

Checking The Debian Image Version

You should check the version of the image on the microSD/eMMC by opening the ID.txt file in the FAT partition.

root@beaglebone:~# cat /etc/dogtag
BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-03-19

This file can also be accessed via a PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) via either mounting the FAT partition directly off the microSD card or via the usb interface (flash drive).

Installing

Oracle Java 8

Information:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

Install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Verify:

debian@beaglebone:~$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_60"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-b27)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.60-b23, mixed mode)

TI PRU Code Generation Tools

http://software-dl.ti.com/codegen/non-esd/downloads/download.htm#PRU

Install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ti-pru-cgt-installer

Older rootfs (when above package doesn't exist):

wget http://downloads.ti.com/codegen/esd/cgt_public_sw/PRU/2.1.1/ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh
chmod +x ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh
sudo ./ti_cgt_pru_2.1.1_armlinuxa8hf_busybox_installer.sh

FAQ

Expanding File System Partition On A microSD

By default the microSD image is only about 2GB in size, to fully expand the partition to the full size of your microSD card simple run.

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo ./grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot

On the next reboot, [df -h] should show the full microSD card size.

Flashing eMMC

To setup the standalone microSD image to automatically flash the eMMC on powerup. *Note, img files with the words "eMMC-flasher" already had this enabled...*

In /boot/uEnv.txt:

##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:
#cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

Change to:

##enable BBB: eMMC Flasher:
cmdline=init=/opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/init-eMMC-flasher-v3.sh

and reboot the system, it'll flash the eMMC on the next bootup. (make sure to remove the microSD after flashing is complete)

Kernel Upgrade

We can't ship support for everything on release day, so we push out new kernels as fixes, support for new capes, etc are posted on the beagleboard.org mainline list.

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo ./update_kernel.sh
sudo reboot

Installing kernel headers

If you want to build a kernel module natively, you'll need to install the correct kernel headers.

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`

In a Makefile, perform:

sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(shell uname -r)

Loading custom capes

Due to limitations in debian wheezy's userspace, the use of an initramfs, and having firmware builtin to the kernel. It is currently not possible to load "custom" capes via: capemgr.enable_partno=xyz. Instead an init script has been setup to load the cape/capes as soon as possible.

Built-in Cape:

capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPIDEV1

slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo
slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0'
slot #7: dtbo 'BB-SPIDEV1-00A0.dtbo' loaded; converting to live tree

Custom External Cape:

capemgr.enable_partno=BB-SPI1-01

slot #7: Requesting part number/version based 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo
slot #7: Requesting firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo' for board-name 'Override Board Name', version '00A0'
failed to load firmware 'BB-SPI1-01-00A0.dtbo'
loader: failed to load slot-7 BB-SPI1-01:00A0 (prio 0)

Workaround:

add "CAPE=BB-SPI1-01" to /etc/default/capemgr

Privileged echo

As a normal user, you can not "sudo echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"

sudo sh -c "echo 'something' >> /etc/privilegedfile"

Timezone

By default this image is setup to display time in utc mode. If you would like to change this to your local region.

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

or:

echo "Europe/Zurich" > /etc/timezone 
dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive tzdata

Jessie Timezone

List of available timezones:

timedatectl list-timezones

Set timezone:

sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/North_Dakota/Center

W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb

W: GPG error: http://debian.beagleboard.org wheezy-bbb Release:
The following signatures were invalid:
KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840246 KEYEXPIRED 1418840304

Note this directions are version dependent, so double check your version:

debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag 
BeagleBoard.org BeagleBone Debian Image 2014-05-14

2014-05-14 GPG error: Disable: http://debian.beagleboard.org repo:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Change:

deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main

To:

#deb [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main
#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://debian.beagleboard.org/packages wheezy-bbb main

sudo apt-get update

2014-05-14 GPG error: Optional enable: http://repos.rcn-ee.com/

Download archive-keyring:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/repos/debian/pool/main/r/rcn-ee-archive-keyring/rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.10.22~bpo70+20151022+1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i rcn-ee-archive-keyring_2015.10.22~bpo70+20151022+1_all.deb

Add repo to /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
sudo sh -c "echo '#deb-src [arch=armhf] http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian wheezy main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"

Update packages:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install npm c9-core-installer --reinstall

Debian Build Instructions

You'll want a fairly beefy ARM system to run this script.

git clone git://github.com/beagleboard/image-builder.git
cd image-builder
./beagleboard.org_image.sh

Output of the autobuilder can be found at http://builds.beagleboard.org.

Debian Releases

http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

BeagleBoard-X15 weekly

Bug tracker: http://bugs.elinux.org/projects/beagleboard-x15

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15) Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
f5e49873f64860c531c4ab0ac0df5889ab987f152f6e216c8227c539a425f24c  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
eebd7ad9d7a48238b328c10ab99b50185a00bc17eb6b5097b722116bbe63483c  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Debian Image Testing Snapshots

Historical Archive mirror (not as fast as rcn-ee.com (linode))

https://rcn-ee.online/rootfs/bb.org/testing/

2016-04-10

BBW/BBB (All Revs) Machinekit

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Classic

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/machinekit/bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/machinekit/bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
c6f74f2240ecbf77f5ee79f5963893b118a100fa5dd7f3d6d6b29e9513bc9762  bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
d1ccdae7562ac346d78f74d048aef05a831becbef5b14128ec838db52e9e1ee5  bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-7.10-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (machinekit) Based on Debian Jessie (new)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/machinekit/bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/machinekit/bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
c5d63f33e444ff7612938f7f6214103a5937ff1271b646b21547d3179144163e  bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
ea3b3ceaa8bbe9ea96aa5e08507e1ee7df3749701f5ddd17c9744c1b4436a45c  bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.4-machinekit-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot lxqt

2016-04-10 notes

* U-Boot: v2016.03
* Kernel: 4.1.18-ti-r56

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone Black/Green 4GB eMMC)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
1668b2da77c8ac442e8db57ca74ee159f0874af26eb72d42c56247d9009fc056  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
16a0bd773e04a5021d5c108215e3b4203b07415c0f81060febd2623c2835a931  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (lxqt-2gb) (BeagleBone Black 2GB eMMC)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-2gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-2gb/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb*
e5b800000c9d88082df5bbf171476965de9ea41cd9ace5d8b89ae2389d8e45ea  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap
6289d3bcf36bab0f01e5999ddcc5e3f1a41eacfce82730e0d3680f8fca3e3ebe  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-2gb-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
074789a53175a037c3dca17c68669f24430ab57f4ba5c8c03033730ba3ed9af8  bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
a00847650cf8154944436423fabf2317e2e3d684e6c77250b3afb2abb8f1025a  bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
f5e49873f64860c531c4ab0ac0df5889ab987f152f6e216c8227c539a425f24c  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
eebd7ad9d7a48238b328c10ab99b50185a00bc17eb6b5097b722116bbe63483c  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (lxqt-4gb) (BeagleBoard-X15)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/lxqt-4gb/bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
fea2e8f2351e2eae7c93159207499e5577f92359f8c973e5aa776f380a87ac1c  bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
e30043ca3e093a99de15fd70f2741fc1a82195d9d8e3f5c53dc8ac44fd2332e4  bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-debian-8.4-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot iot

Flasher: (iot) (BeagleBone Black/Green eMMC)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/iot/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/iot/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
4e74a806ffcdc24e7997ed6f97c1978a207426d0750f3f60f67dd4d362215076  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
8921325fc4b2d295c11facf2f8e3f442cae1b3f36aa1bd73ccc59b2e71bd635b  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (iot) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/iot/bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/iot/bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb*
072ee86fb1c84762ee8abee28b1027ab189c1ce3b23a99b25ec02905b4579967  bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.bmap
29057605a62f6821f4b908552744c3a3a31a316b585af88542c7804d536e12d9  bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.4-iot-armhf-2016-04-10-4gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Jessie Snapshot console

Flasher: (console) (BeagleBone Black/Green eMMC)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb*
e7b66c4af5d192b0e93816fe462c0110b3bb418684353885745550b4803b010f  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap
b9789b7e2b6f5cf1278a83215c703eed76b91e589d61781f3f68be64bf131700  BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat BBB-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBone Green)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb*
7b0bf3c859f50a051fa3dd428d936d7c1e0a55b4032a8d5b553192f278fd096b  bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap
10f500065b40268eb0afaf923833bb5bc74022c7d24c684d4d0a5ca57dc06d65  bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bone-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Flasher: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb*
149fb9ea0d6d593b75a0d5a3c99f5b188f2894f2774d94469e3fff50cb658184  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap
b812d0023d7f4cc2efddab8e022eb58c919cbc49a64d0d68f0a7125d28bafcbd  bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-eMMC-flasher-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

microSD/Standalone: (console) (BeagleBoard-X15)

Get prebuilt image:

wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz
wget https://rcn-ee.com/rootfs/bb.org/testing/2016-04-10/console/bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap

Verify Image with:

sha256sum bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb*
0a346891881b63a30ee9c6bc062d6758a169621a99297c41a7f13a8ff4443395  bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.bmap
24629056087f982a25e64a2ccfa0f0e0d1a79e86e34071fd8e7538fa8b71dcb4  bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz

Linux: (bmaptool 3.2)

sudo bmaptool copy bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz /dev/sdX

Linux: (dd)

xzcat bbx15-debian-8.4-console-armhf-2016-04-10-2gb.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX

Kernel Options

General apt syntax for searching and installing a specific kernel:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-cache search linux-image | grep <branch>
sudo apt-get install linux-image-<specific version>
sudo reboot

Latest kernel script

cd /opt/scripts/tools/
git pull
sudo ./update_kernel.sh <OPTIONS>

3.8.x

This is the first beagleboard.org long term kernel tree with capemanager support, it's been the default install for Debian Wheezy

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/3.8

3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support
--bone-channel --stable

3.8.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black FULL Cape Support + Xenomai
--bone-xenomai-channel --stable

4.1.x-ti

This is slated to replace the v3.8.x tree in Debian Jessie, cape manager support is enabled.

beagleboard.org patchset: https://github.com/beagleboard/linux/tree/4.1
Based on: http://git.ti.com/gitweb/?p=ti-linux-kernel/ti-linux-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/ti-linux-4.1.y

4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15
--ti-channel --lts-4_1

4.1.x-ti BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black/BeagleBoard-X15 + RT
--ti-rt-channel --lts-4_1

Mainline (4.1.x lts)

4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
--bone-kernel --lts-4_1

4.1.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT
--bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_1

Mainline (4.4.x lts)

4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black
--bone-kernel --lts-4_4

4.4.x BeagleBone/BeagleBone Black + RT
--bone-rt-kernel --lts-4_4

Debian 8: jessie

sudo apt-get install linux-image-armmp