Unable to boot development balenaOS image for imx8mm-var-dart

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Hello,
I am trying to boot the development image of balenaOS, which I downloaded from: balenaOS - Run Docker containers on embedded IoT devices.

However, when I boot it in the board I keep getting the errors:

[** ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (13s / no limit)
[ ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (17s / no limit)
[ *** ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (21s / no limit)
[ *** ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (25s / no limit)
[ ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (29s / no limit)
[ ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (33s / no limit)
[ ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (37s / no limit)
[ ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (39s / no limit)
[ 43.731719] mmcblk2: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 >
[ ] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (49s / no limit)
[ *] A start job is running for Resin init flasher service (53s / no limit)

And then the board shuts down.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thank you
David

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That sounds like the intended behavior, actually. The flasher image is designed to function like this:

  • Use Etcher to write the balenaOS image to a USB stick or SD Card
  • Upon booting up the board, ensure it boots from said USB stick or SD Card (based on your logs, yours does)
  • The contents of the SD Card are written to the target device’s internal storage (eMMC, SSD, NVME, etc)
  • Upon completion of the copy process, it shuts down.
  • Remove the SD Card or USB stick, and power the board back on again.
  • It should now boot from it’s internal storage, containing balenaOS on it.

So, it may be worth pulling out the SD Card and trying to boot it up!

5

Thank you very much for the quick response. It is solved now. The problem was not removing the SD card after installation.

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