How do I find out what image my brand new Beaglebone Black is running?

[jgold]

I just got a Beaglebone Black from Adafruit.  It came with debian pre-installed. In going though the getting started guide, one of the first things it recommends to do is update the image. That's probably a good idea but the lastest image is from May so I probably already have it.  I'd like to check before going to all the work of flashing a new image but I can't seem to determine the version I'm currently running.  It seems like something everyone would want to know before they do an update.  Anyone know how to find it?

Thanks.

[William Hermans]

You're sure the latest image is from may ?

http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Debian_Image_Testing_Snapshots

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 10:48 PM, jgold <j...@goldthwaites.com> wrote:

I just got a Beaglebone Black from Adafruit.  It came with debian pre-installed. In going though the getting started guide, one of the first things it recommends to do is update the image. That's probably a good idea but the lastest image is from May so I probably already have it.  I'd like to check before going to all the work of flashing a new image but I can't seem to determine the version I'm currently running.  It seems like something everyone would want to know before they do an update.  Anyone know how to find it?

Thanks.

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[William Pretty Security]

“ uname –a “   ;-)

 

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[Mark A. Yoder]

jgold:

 Try: cat /etc/dogtag 

I think the May image is the latest released image, that is the image that ships on the Bone.  There was a new test image pushed yesterday (4-Sep-2014).

--Mark

[jgold]

Hi William,

I had tried uname but it just gave me the linux kernel number and I couldn't find anything that would tie that to a beaglebone image. Thanks though.

[jgold]

That's what I was missing.  Thanks! My image is dated from April so I guess I need to update it.

[jgold]

That's the latest one I found on the images site (http://beagleboard.org/latest-images).  I'm not sure I want to use a test image.  Are they stable? Do they have a good reputation?

[Robert Nelson]

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 6:41 PM, jgold <j...@goldthwaites.com> wrote:
> That's the latest one I found on the images site
> (http://beagleboard.org/latest-images). I'm not sure I want to use a test
> image. Are they stable? Do they have a good reputation?

Other then an issue with "bone101" the "testing" release are just a
snapshot. If you need bone101 use http://beagleboard.org/latest-images

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