On Saturday 11 January 2014 06:52:26 Charles Steinkuehler did opine: > On 1/11/2014 5:37 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > On 11 January 2014 11:04, Charles Steinkuehler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There should be some Windows utility that will just write the 4G > >> straight to the SD card, > > > > Different application, but Udoo suggest Win32DiskImager too: > > Instructions in section 2.3 here (for something else, don't follow > > then verbatim) > > http://udoo.org/download/files/Documents/UDOO_Starting_Manual_beta0.4_ > > 11_28_2013.pdf > > Win32DiskImage is recommended by lots of folks. > > I found the UDOO instructions interesting, in *SEVERAL* places they > indicate the SD card has to be formatted with a FAT32 filesystem. I > think this could be why it didn't work for me, as all my SD cards now > have a mix of small FAT boot partitions and large ext4 partitions for > use on the BeagleBone. > > Mike: If you're running into this problem, try formatting the SD card in > a phone or camera or something to restore the FAT32 partitioning, and > make sure the card shows up as a single large partition.
If you have to do that before using Win32DiskImage then it is NOT doing the same job dd can do. When dd is used, it writes raw, filesystem and all. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> It's always sad when the fleas leave, because that means your dog is dead. -- Wesley T. Williams A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
