Hi,
I have used the instructions from :
https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/iMX233/_resources/ARCH-README.TXT
to make a bootable SD-card (Kingston 8 GB). The SD-card devices enumerate to "sdd1", "sdd2", "sdd3" instead of "sdb1" .. I copied the boot image into the sdd1-partition (step 23, see the URL mentioned above) and after step 24, put the SD-card into the slot of Olimex-MAXI board. Then I started kermit (speed 115200, no flow-control, carrier-watch off, /dev/ttyUSB0, then connect) but the 'alarm' prompt would not appear. Then I formatted the sdd1-partition again but now with an ext4 filesystem, and then copied the boot image again, using :
'sudo dd if=/home/user/imx233-Olinuxino.img of=/dev/sdb1'
but the 'alarm' prompt still would not appear after connecting with kermit, minicom or even picocom. Here is the 'sudo fdisk -l' output for the SD-card (sorry for the Dutch output :-\) :
Schijf /dev/sdd: 7822 MB, 7822376960 bytes
241 koppen, 62 sectoren/spoor, 1022 cilinders, totaal 15278080 sectoren
Eenheid = sectoren van 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sectorgrootte (logischl/fysiek): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
in-/uitvoergrootte (minimaal/optimaal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Schijf-ID: 0x00000000
Apparaat Opstart Begin Einde Blokken ID Systeem
/dev/sdd1 2048 4196351 2097152 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
/dev/sdd2 4196352 15277566 5540607+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdd3 15277567 15278079 256+ 83 Linux
What do I do wrong? Is there a step missing?
Thanks for any comments or ideas, :D
kind regards,
Evert (owner of Eplotech B.V.).
Why do you let your first partition start at 2048? It has to start at 1 and then 16Mb big to hold the kernel.
ps: Nederlands is geen probleem hoor :)
hi Eplotech,
Quote from: Eplotech on January 04, 2013, 10:26:57 AM
Apparaat Opstart Begin Einde Blokken ID Systeem
/dev/sdd1 2048 4196351 2097152 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
Looks like your host PC recognize SD card as /dev/sdd and not as /dev/sdb. In this case command to copy kernel on 1st partition should be:
sudo dd if=/home/user/imx233-Olinuxino.img of=/dev/sdd1
Hope this help
Fadil Berisha
Thanks for your replies. ;) I formatted my SD-card (Kingston 8 GB) again and issued the commands listed below : :P
$ su root
$ fdisk /dev/sdd
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdd1
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdd2
$ fdisk -l /dev/sdd
Schijf /dev/sdd: 7822 MB, 7822376960 bytes
241 koppen, 62 sectoren/spoor, 1022 cilinders, totaal 15278080 sectoren
Eenheid = sectoren van 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sectorgrootte (logischl/fysiek): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
in-/uitvoergrootte (minimaal/optimaal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Schijf-ID: 0x00000000
Apparaat Opstart Begin Einde Blokken ID Systeem
/dev/sdd1 * 2048 34815 16384 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux3
/dev/sdd2 34816 15278079 7621632 83 Linux
The begin sector will not start at 1 (at the 'Begin' column) when doing a 'fdisk /dev/sdd'. All my disk-(first-)partitions start at 2048 so maybe that is not the problem. 8)
$ mount /dev/sdd2 /mnt/mmc
$ cd /mnt/mmc
$ tar -xzf /home/evert/Prog*/Project-L*/SD*/alarm-olinuxino-rootfs.tar.gz
$ dd if=/home/evert/Prog*/Project-L*/SD*/imx233-Olinuxino.img of=/dev/sdd1
$ cd
$ sync
$ umount /dev/sdd2
When I put my SD-card into the SD-card slot at Olimex-MAXI-board, the green LED starts to burn, so that looked quite hopefully. But when starting kermit, there is no answer at all from the MAXI-board. That was quite a disappointment. :'( Maybe someone can come up with something? Something I have forgotten something or overlooked .. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Evert.
Hi Eplotech,
Partitions on your card are good. Since you are getting gren LED ON, your kernel is booting but probably you have problem with your USB serial cable or kermit configuration.
1.) Make sure to use 115200, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit in kermit configuration.
2.) If you are using olimex's USB-Serial-Cable-F please follow instruction on board's manual, otherwise identify GND,TX and RX and connect as per boards instruction (don't connect any 5V pin if that is available in your USB-Serial-Cable).
Fadil Berisha
hi,
Your problem is your SDcard. I tried to boot with a Sony SD and it didn't work; I only could look the penguin.So, I tried with a SanDisk SD and it work fine. Now, I don't know why it doesn't recognize my keyboard. Can someone help me?
thank you
sbaccam
I have same problem. I have nothing at TV out, I have several questions:
1) Does the green LED should blink or just be on?
2) is there any limitation on SD capacity? I am using 16GB SD card.
3) Should I use linux on an actual machine? I use virtual machine and ubuntu 14.04.
Best Regards
Ehsan
Quote from: ehsan51 on November 29, 2014, 05:54:55 AM
2) is there any limitation on SD capacity? I am using 16GB SD card.
The limit is 32GB on SDHC cards in the SD 2.0 specification.
Quote from: ehsan51 on November 29, 2014, 05:54:55 AM
3) Should I use linux on an actual machine? I use virtual machine and ubuntu 14.04.
It could be better (try some live CD), but as long as the USB redirection works fine, you don't have to.
Thanks MBR :)