Forum Post: RE: AM335X_StarterWare_02_00_01_01 MLO not functional

Hi there,

I am working on a project using the AM3352 on a board similar to the EVMSK. I had some trouble getting SD bootloading working, While I was unable to locate the precise version of the HP utility called for in the official instructions, The version I found was pretty close, and the instructions did not work for me. I found a forum post where the user somewhat cryptically noted that making the partition active solved his problem. Making the partition active solved my problem, too. Here are the instructions I provided to those working on my project, who are all using Windows 7 or later:

1. Insert the disk and make sure it is visible to Windows Explorer.

2. Format the card as FAT32.

   1. The Windows 8 right-click option “Format…” and selecting “quick format” seems to work just fine.

3. Make the partition active

   1. In the Windows 8 Start menu, type diskpart and run diskpart.exe, a command line utility.

   2. In diskpart, type “list disk”

   3. Type “select disk A” where A is the number of the card.

   4. Type “list partition”

   5. Type “select partition A” where A is the number of the partition you want to boot from (presumably the only partition, partition 1)

   6. Type “active” to make the selected partition active.

4. Copy the bootloader (named “MLO”) and executable (named “app”) onto the MicroSD card.

5. Use the right-click menu to eject the card.