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martinonorcas
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3 years ago
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I am getting nowhere fast booting reference Linux on Cyclone V SOC dev board

I need help debugging booting my new Cyclone V SoC Dev board. (Rev E1) I have been banging my head against this wall for a few days and I need help to debug it. I tried booting the setup out of the...
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    martinonorcas
    3 years ago

    Hi Aik Eu,

    Thank you for all your help.

    Your quick responses helped me focis on my issue.

    So in working to validate the SD card I wrote, I found my problem.

    I had been writing to the wrong device with my dd commands.

    I was writing to a sub-partition of the device rather than the primary device:

    /dev/disk7s1 instead of the correct device: /dev/disk7

    I can now boot Linux and move on!

    Thanks again Martin

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martinonorcas
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3 years ago

Hi Aik Eu,

Thank you for all your help.

Your quick responses helped me focis on my issue.

So in working to validate the SD card I wrote, I found my problem.

I had been writing to the wrong device with my dd commands.

I was writing to a sub-partition of the device rather than the primary device:

/dev/disk7s1 instead of the correct device: /dev/disk7

I can now boot Linux and move on!

Thanks again Martin