Beaglebone-setup

Automated Beaglebone setup script.

Features

• Sets static IP address
• Expands SD card filesystem

Tested on Beaglebone Black Rev C

Instructions

Download console image and burn it to SD card.

https://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-10.3-console-armhf-2020-04-06-1gb.img.xz

Connect to device with USB.

• Windows: (Putty) connect over SSH at debian@192.168.7.2 or over serial using the appropriate COM port. The COM port can be found from the Device Manager.

• Linux: ssh debian@192.168.7.2

Change default password using passwd command.

Edit setup.sh script to add your network details.

Copy the script to the Beaglebone and run using sudo. Your beaglebone will reboot.

Then update the OS

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Install the packages you need e.g:

sudo apt-get install git python3 python3-pip -y