need help unable to boort from sd card

[vaishali]

hi .
is there anyone who can help me.
i am tryning to boot from sd card from past 4 days.
but somehow i am unable to boot from sd card.
can anyone tell me step by step how can i load pre built ubuntu image from formatting my sd card to loading image on it.
i have tried all the instructions given in the forum and wiki.
but somehow i am unable to boot from sd card.

[vaishali]

i have run the following commnads...


root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# fdisk -l

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.


Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 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: 0xed5fed5f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63   488375999   244187968+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2       488376061   976771071   244197505+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5       488376063   732564031   122093984+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6       732565504   960184319   113809408   83  Linux
/dev/sda7       960186368   976771071     8292352   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30387 cylinders, total 31116288 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: 0xcfe5224d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048    31116287    15557120   83  Linux
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# fdisk -u=sectors /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30387 cylinders, total 31116288 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: 0xcfe5224d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            2048    31116287    15557120   83  Linux

Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1

Command (m for help): 1
1: unknown command
Command action
   a   toggle a bootable flag
   b   edit bsd disklabel
   c   toggle the dos compatibility flag
   d   delete a partition
   l   list known partition types
   m   print this menu
   n   add a new partition
   o   create a new empty DOS partition table
   p   print the partition table
   q   quit without saving changes
   s   create a new empty Sun disklabel
   t   change a partition's system id
   u   change display/entry units
   v   verify the partition table
   w   write table to disk and exit
   x   extra functionality (experts only)

Command (m for help): d
No partition is defined yet!

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdb: 15.9 GB, 15931539456 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 30387 cylinders, total 31116288 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: 0xcfe5224d

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
First sector (2048-31116287, default 2048): 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-31116287, default 31116287): 34815

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4, default 2): 2
First sector (34816-31116287, default 34816):
Using default value 34816
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (34816-31116287, default 31116287):
Using default value 31116287

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe( or kpartx(
Syncing disks.
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
mkfs.vfat: /dev/sdb1 contains a mounted file system.
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# umount /dev/sdb1
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010)
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2
mke2fs 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
972944 inodes, 3885184 blocks
194259 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=3980394496
119 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8176 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
   32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208

Writing inode tables: done                           
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# dd if=/home/gmd5/debian_2g.img of=/dev/sdb 
3805184+0 records in
3805184+0 records out
1948254208 bytes (1.9 GB) copied, 3.31119 s, 588 MB/s
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5#



i am getting the same android boot from nand.
no success in sd card boot.

[ehj666]

The following information would help:

• Which specific board are you using?
• Have you connected the serial port? Can you see how far you are getting in the boot?
• If the A13-Olinuxino-wifi, can you read the SD card if you first boot to Android?

There are a number of common problems in booting from SD, but you have not given much to go on as far as diagnosing the problem.

[jwischka]

hi .
is there anyone who can help me.
i am tryning to boot from sd card from past 4 days.
but somehow i am unable to boot from sd card.
can anyone tell me step by step how can i load pre built ubuntu image from formatting my sd card to loading image on it.
i have tried all the instructions given in the forum and wiki.
but somehow i am unable to boot from sd card.

See other thread. Don't start seven of them.

Download my latest image.

dd if=olinuxino_xfce-r15.img /dev/sdb

DO NOT RUN FDISK. DO NOT RUN ANYTHING ELSE. DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE. THE ABOVE COMMAND DOES EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO.

Put the card in. Then give us the output on the serial console. All of it. If you do not get any output, then tell us EXACTLY what you are doing, and how you are doing it. Tell us what you have plugged in, how you have it plugged in, what program you are using to view the serial console, and what message you get.

[vaishali]

HI JWISCHKA,
I HAVE CONNECTED PL2303 USB TO SERIAL CONNECTOR ON UART1 OF A13 WIFI BOARD.
I AM USING PUTTY TERMINAL TO SEE BOOTING.
IN PL2303 THERE ARE ONLY THREE PINS TX , RX AND GND.
I HAVE DONE PROPER CONNECTION BETWEEN SIGNAL OF UART1 CONNECTOR PINS AND PL2303 CONNECTOR PINS USING WIRES.
IN PUTTY I AM HAVING SERIAL CONNECTION LIKE /dev/ttyUSB0 AND SPEED 115200.
I CAN SEE ANDROID BOOT FROM NAND ON THIS PUTTY TERMINAL.


THIS TIME I HAVE JUST FORMATTED MY SD CARD AND RUN DD COMMAND GIVEN BY YOU TO COPY THE R15 IMAGE.

SO I M GETTING FOLLOWING WHEN I COPIED THE IMAGE ON SD CARD.

root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# dd if=/home/gmd5/Desktop/olinuxino_xfce-r15.img of=/dev/sdb 
dd: writing to `/dev/sdb': Input/output error
428209+0 records in
428208+0 records out
219242496 bytes (219 MB) copied, 36.3005 s, 6.0 MB/s
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5# dd if=/home/gmd5/Desktop/olinuxino_xfce-r15.img of=/dev/sdb 
7744512+0 records in
7744512+0 records out
3965190144 bytes (4.0 GB) copied, 34.8142 s, 114 MB/s
root@gmd5:/home/gmd5#


AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME PROBLEM IN FIRST WRITE SO I AGAIN COPIED THE IMAGE.
SO I AM GETTING FOLLOWING ON MY PUTTY TERMINAL .THIS TIME I AM GETTING BOOT FROM SD CARD BUT ONLY FEW LINES AND AT THIS TIME THERE IS NOTHING ON MY VGA PORT. I AM RUNING UBUNTU ON MY PC.

U-Boot SPL 2012.10-40268-gf925eea-dirty (JAN 20 2013 -15:46:58)
DRAM: 512MB
SUNXI SD/MMC: 0


this is the only thing i am getting.
is my memory card corrupted or there is something else.
i am having 16 gb sundisk sd card and it is new.

[vaishali]

hi everyone as i have written in my other thread the problem was of my card reader.
so with the new card reader i am having my linaro ubuntu working.
thank you JOHNS , JWISCHKA AND ALL WHO HELPED ME.
THANKS AGAIN.

[JohnS]

Excellent!