HCL:BeagleBone

File:Beaglebone.jpg

BeagleBone

The BeagleBone is the original version of the BeagleBone Black.

Technical Data

• TI AM335x 720 MHz ARM Cortex-A8 core
• 256 MB DDR3 RAM
• Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX 2D/3D graphics processor
• 10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet
• USB port
• USB device
• 5V Power socket

Writing a disk image to the SD card

1. Download the image you want (Leap is stable, Tumbleweed is rolling) from here:
   

   Tumbleweed

   JeOS image E20 image XFCE image LXQT image GNOME image KDE image X11 image

   If the direct links above do not work for you, please check the general download directory for the images.

   
   

   Leap-15.3

   JeOS image E20 image XFCE image LXQT image GNOME image KDE image X11 image

   If the direct links above do not work for you, please check the general download directory for the images.

2. As root extract the image onto your SD card (replace sdX with the device name of your SD card).
   WARNING: all previous data on the SD card will be lost. Check first if the device you have selected is really your SD card!

    xzcat [image].raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdX iflag=fullblock oflag=direct; sync

3. Insert the SD card with the openSUSE image into your board.
4. Connect the board to your PC via serial port (optional, but helpful for debugging; USB-TTL serial cable needed).
5. Connect the board to your monitor (via DVI/HDMI, optional).
6. Power on the board.
7. Walk through the first boot steps.
8. Ethernet is configured to request an IP via DHCP, check your DHCP server for the board IP if used.
9. Have a lot of fun...

Default login is root:linux, works on serial console, via ssh, GUI.