Hello, Does anyone know if beaglebone black is able to boot from an external

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Hello,

Does anyone know if beaglebone black is able to boot from an external sd card? If so how can I do it?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Yes, http://beagleboard.org/getting-started

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On my old BBB I had the default Angstrom installed in flash but put Debian onto a microSD card. The BBB booted to Debian when the microSD card was in present. No need to press a button or anything. Debian just booted up. You can even update the Debian OS and install files. It does all this onto the SD. Very easy.

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Thanks, it seems it works both ways. The Beaglebone Black can detect if ther is an OS in the SD Card. I tried this with debian and android, it worked with both.

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Agreed. There is a bunch of wrong/confusing info out there about pressing or holding the reset button on power up. I have installed the latest Debian onto the flash by out the EEMC version onto the MicroSD and then holding reset while powering up.