Re: [LUG] Problem with Pi

[Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/06/15 09:59, Nick B wrote:
> Looks to me like you DD'ed the image to a partition (sdb1) and not a
> drive (sdb). Make sure your of reads as:
>
> of=/dev/sdb and not of=/dev/sdb1
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Tom <madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:madtom1999@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
>     followed the instructions in
>     https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/linux.md
>     and the Pi wont boot.
>     -----------------------------
>     sudo fdisk /dev/sdb1
>     p
>     -----------------------------
>     gives:
>     -----------------------------
>     Disk /dev/sdb1: 29.6 GiB, 31720472576 bytes, 61954048 sectors
>     Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
>     Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>     I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
>     Disklabel type: dos
>     Disk identifier: 0xa6202af7
>
>     Device      Boot  Start     End Sectors Size Id Type
>     /dev/sdb1p1        8192  122879  114688  56M  c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
>     /dev/sdb1p2      122880 6399999 6277120   3G 83 Linux
>
>     -----------------------------
>     mmm no boot!
>     Any ideas
>     Tom te tom te tom
>
>
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To be honest its making my forehead really sore from all the banging it 
on the desk for being so bloody stupid!
Thanks
Tom te tom te tom

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