Michael Cooper and Jason Cooper have written up an extremely approachable treatise on the Beagle Board’s boot process. For those who are struggling with understanding the detailed behavior behind bootloaders and the User button, this is the place to go. Thanks guys! Come discuss it in Meld as well.

UPDATE: Andy in Meld has also pointed me to an interesting post discussing how to get rid of the first-stage bootloader entirely. Now that’s creative!

We just published a new white paper on booting MVL6 on the Beagle Board. It’s fabulous from start to finish. (Full disclosure - I wrote it.) You can download it here. It covers all you need to know about accessorizing the Beagle itself as well as how to install MVL6 on an SD card and use it to boot. Enjoy!