Dump the image to the device root /dev/sdb not sdb1 On 11 Feb 2016 17:20, "Peter Merchant" <madsmad...@netscape.net> wrote:
> Hi, I am trying to create systems for my Raspberry Pi on MicroSD cards, > but not having any luck. > > I am using a USB to SD card adapter, a SD card to MicroSD card adapter, > and aKinsgston 8GB Class 4 Micro SD card. > > I use Gparted to create a primary ext4 partition on the uSD card, and this > leaves the card unmounted as seems to be required. > > sudo dd bs=1M if=./2016-02-03-raspbian-jessie.img of=/dev/sdb1 ( have > changed 4M to 1M and added ./ to the 'if' string in an attempt to do > it.) I am in the directory where the image is. > > For this uSD card df -h shows it to be sdb1. For my SD cards they > sometimes show as sdb3. > > After the dd process is finished, I cannot mount the card, and when I run > gparted, it shows an 'unknown' partition type. > > I have just had a look at my 8GB SD card (sdb1) and it contains 62 files > (109.6GB) and the names are unprintable characters. > > I am wondering if one of my adapters is corrupt, or if anybody can shed > some light on my problems. > > Thanks, > > Peter > > > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-03-01 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-03-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR