On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 22:15:53 -0700, in gmane.comp.hardware.beagleboard.user
>I actually copied the file to my desktop and then I deleted it from
>the bbb, now I have that file but when I try to move it the legend
>appears, the disk is write-protected.
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>I am trying to return it by dragging the file from the desktop onto
>what is recognized by my usb port.
If you mean that "BeagleBone Getting Started" thing -- that isn't even
a real disk device. It is just a read-only /file/ mounted to look like a
file-system.
Do you have a copy of PuTTY installed on your (presume Windows)
desktop?
https://www.putty.org/ It includes an SFTP client for file
transfers (though FileZilla and WinSCP provide something closer to
drag&drop. PuTTY is command line -- and if you want to work with Linux
systems, you MUST become comfortable with using command line tools, not
drag&drop graphics).
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>the beaglebone does not start, nor is it recognized by my computer
>unless I turn it on with an SD by pressing the boot button, I am
>really a beginner with the bbb.
I'm not surprised -- the file you deleted is part of the boot-loader.
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>I don't know if you know of a way to reset the factory beaglebone.
The quickest solution will likely be to download the correct flasher
image from
http://beagleboard.org/latest-images burn it to a 4+GB SD card,
and let it reflash the eMMC image. Warning -- that degree of reflashing
results in a power-draw: you need to use a 5V power supply on the barrel
connector of the BBB, NOT rely on USB power.
The other would be to boot an SD card, MOUNT the eMMC somewhere on the
filesystem, SFTP the file to the user directory on the SD card, then "sudo
mv ..." the file from user directory to the correct directory of the
mounted eMMC.
If the device hadn't been updated to Debian Buster (v10), the first
solution is highly recommended.
--
Dennis L Bieber