Pi noob pt 2

Sep 09, 2013 9 Replies
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OK, got all the periphs and conns and unit seems to be working. But, I get an error window:



"SD card has now been formated ready for NOOBS installation. Please re-copy the NOOBS files onto the card and reboot."



....and when I close it a panel comes up with these 4 choices:



Edit OS Edit config(e) Online help(h) Exit(esc)


Problem is, the first two are ghosted.


I formatted a 4G class4 SDHC card via an XP box. I put the NOOBS files on it from a Slackware box by mounting the card (-t auto) and copying the entire zip file to it, then uzipping it.



What now? Ferget NOOBS and try plain wheezy? I got a brand new 16G class10 SDHC card jes in case. Format from linux? Like I said, the Pi seems to be working. Running to an HDMI TV and display is excellent. Mouse and KB work. Jes can't seem to load the NOOBS software. ????



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On 9 Sep 2013 22:38:45 GMT, notbob declaimed the following:

Formatted as what? FAT32? Maybe it needs to be ext3 (a format popular for Linux).

Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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FAT32 (or possibly FAT16) is what is correct for NOOBS. It specifically uses that to make it simple to install using a non-Linux system.

Once the card is put in a Pi and booted, the NOOBS installer will repartitioned the card as needed.

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On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:33:14 +0100, Dom declaimed the following:

Ah...

Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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Ahhh....yes

formatting link

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The r-pi needs a (small) fat partitition for the boot images, and then some native linux root partition. ext3 is fine, as is ext2, ext4 and probably other native unix-partitions that preserve case in filenames, have soft and hard links and a basic permssion set.

-- mrr

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Yes, and NOOBS appears to do this for you:

formatting link

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A follow up:

Seems an XP format is insufficient. I formatted my old SDHC 4G class

4 card using SD Formatter and voilá!, everything from loading NOOBS on card to installing OS of choice on pi proceeded without a hitch.

formatting link

nb

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Isn't odd that things work as expected when you follow the instructions...

Cheers Dave.
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Dave Liquorice wrote

I used Gparted on a Lubuntu system successfully.

John Rickman - http://rickman.orpheusweb.co.uk/lynx it transcends plausibility, it's a fact. david mercer
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