tags: - Debian - BeagleBone Black categories: - informational comments: true

date: 2022-04-28 00:00:00

DESCRIPTION

Install Debian on beagle bone black

https://beagleboard.org/black https://beagleboard.org/getting-started

What is BeagleBone Black?
BeagleBone Black is a low-cost, community-supported development platform for
developers and hobbyists. Boot Linux in under 10 seconds and get started on
development in less than 5 minutes with just a single USB cable.

Processor: AM335x 1GHz ARM® Cortex-A8
512MB DDR3 RAM
4GB 8-bit eMMC on-board flash storage
3D graphics accelerator
NEON floating-point accelerator
2x PRU 32-bit microcontrollers
Connectivity
USB client for power & communications
USB host
Ethernet
HDMI
2x 46 pin headers
Other BeagleBone derivatives »
Software Compatibility
Debian
Android
Ubuntu
Cloud9 IDE on Node.js w/ BoneScript library
plus much more

ERRORS

VERIFICATION

COMMANDS

Download image

https://beagleboard.org/latest-images

Specifically for model AM3358

Debian console images

Debian console images via microSD card (without flashing the eMMC)
AM3358 Debian 10.3 2020-04-06 1GB SD console image for BeagleBone, BeagleBone
Black, BeagleBone Black Wireless, BeagleBone Blue, SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green,
SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green Wireless, SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced, element14
BeagleBone Black Industrial, Arrow BeagleBone Black Industrial and Mentorel
BeagleBone uSomIQ - more info -
sha256sum: 0fd458c8eb7854478426b671d1b8318553e4569e8ca15cff66e4bfb438343c10

https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-10.3-console-armhf-2020-04-06-1gb.img.xz

2nd option(not tested)

"Flasher" Debian images
Buster IoT (without graphical desktop) for BeagleBone on-board eMMC flashing
via microSD card

AM3358 Debian 10.3 2020-04-06 4GB eMMC IoT Flasher image for BeagleBone,
BeagleBone Black, BeagleBone Black Wireless, BeagleBone Blue, SeeedStudio
BeagleBone Green, SeeedStudio BeagleBone Green Wireless, SanCloud BeagleBone
Enhanced, element14 BeagleBone Black Industrial, Arrow BeagleBone Black
Industrial and Mentorel BeagleBone uSomIQ - more info -
sha256sum: e339459077b83f6458cb3432494954582aedad897b9f3b62fa390dfdb010a9df

• Unzip and write to a micro sdcard

  xz -d bone-debian-10.3-console-armhf-2020-04-06-1gb.img.xz dd if=bone-debian-10.3-console-armhf-2020-04-06-1gb.img.xz of=/dev/sdf bs=1M

• Insert the sdcard into the beagleBone black micro sdcard slot

• Press the reset button

• While pressing the reset button connect the power - the 2A barrel power adapter or USB (NOT both)

• Connect to micro HDMI and connect to monitor to view install

• Connect keyboard

• Login and configure Debian

References