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On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 04:10:36PM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > I need to order an *DVI* to *HDMI* adapter ... As I pointed out, StarTech has a good selection, and they work. Don't buy from them directly--once you find a part number, then go searching the 'Net. Discounts ab

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On 01/05/15 18:53, Dave Ihnat wrote: If you run 'fdisk' on it, you should see two partitions--the boot partition, and the RPi Linux partition. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat . Did that and sure enough fdisk showed a couple of partitions. I finally got to try it today and after wasting a lot

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On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 04:01:49PM -0400, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > Yes I will but I still need to hook the stuff up. I have three > monitors on hand but I think the only one with an HDMI input is the > one I'm using here on my primary box. Note that StarTech has a very usable ra

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On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 01:39:05PM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Yup, that's about right. The dd command created at least one partition > and that's the contents of it. It also wrote a boot loader into the MBR > of the SD card. I think you're pretty much there. Boot that SD on your > RPi and you sho

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On 05/01/2015 12:40 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/05/15 13:01, Rick Stevens wrote: it looks as though I simply need to install the Pidora system to it? Yup. Essentially: dd if=/path/to/pidora.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M Note the "of=/dev/sdd" (the ENTIRE disk), NOT "of=/

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On 01/05/15 16:13, jd1008 wrote: Looks like a bootable device's files. But it ultimately depends on the boot sector(s), which you cannot see by mounting the device. . Ok, that's what I wanted to know, I will try it but that will probably have to wait 'til tomorrow. Thanks,Bob -- Bob

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On 05/01/2015 02:01 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/05/15 15:54, jd1008 wrote: That looks as though it might work but I need reassurance ... Bob, just try to boot it on your device. . Yes I will but I still need to hook the stuff up. I have three monitors on hand but

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On 01/05/15 15:54, jd1008 wrote: That looks as though it might work but I need reassurance ... Bob, just try to boot it on your device. . Yes I will but I still need to hook the stuff up. I have three monitors on hand but I think the only one with an HDMI input is the one I'm using here

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On 05/01/2015 01:40 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/05/15 13:01, Rick Stevens wrote: it looks as though I simply need to install the Pidora system to it? Yup. Essentially: dd if=/path/to/pidora.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M Note the "of=/dev/sdd" (the ENTIRE disk), NOT "of

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On 01/05/15 13:01, Rick Stevens wrote: it looks as though I simply need to install the Pidora system to it? Yup. Essentially: dd if=/path/to/pidora.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M Note the "of=/dev/sdd" (the ENTIRE disk), NOT "of=/dev/sdd1" (a partition). You want to whack the entire MicroSD.

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On 05/01/2015 11:57 AM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 01 May 2015 11:09:17 -0600 jd1008 wrote: I was not even able to make use of the flash stick as an ordinary partitionable device. That's when you dd /dev/zero over the top of it and start from scratch :-). Cool!!! Thanx! -- users mailing lis

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On 05/01/2015 01:57 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Fri, 01 May 2015 11:09:17 -0600 jd1008 wrote: I was not even able to make use of the flash stick as an ordinary partitionable device. That's when you dd /dev/zero over the top of it and start from scratch :-). Use gparted to look at it. -- user

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On Fri, 01 May 2015 11:09:17 -0600 jd1008 wrote: > I was not even able to make use of the flash stick as an ordinary > partitionable device. That's when you dd /dev/zero over the top of it and start from scratch :-). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change su

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On 05/01/2015 11:01 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: On 05/01/2015 08:38 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/05/15 11:10, Terry Polzin wrote: tail -f /var/log/messages with device un plugged and while plugging in you'll see the device get picked up if it's recognized. Ok, I found i

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On 05/01/2015 08:38 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: On 01/05/15 11:10, Terry Polzin wrote: tail -f /var/log/messages with device un plugged and while plugging in you'll see the device get picked up if it's recognized. Ok, I found it, I didn't have the tiny device shoved into th

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On 01/05/15 11:10, Terry Polzin wrote: tail -f /var/log/messages with device un plugged and while plugging in you'll see the device get picked up if it's recognized. Ok, I found it, I didn't have the tiny device shoved into the adapter far enough, a new experience for me. [bobg@box10 ~]$

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tail -f /var/log/messages with device un plugged and while plugging in you'll see the device get picked up if it's recognized. On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA < bobgood...@wildblue.net> wrote: > > > On 29/04/15 22:05, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> >> On 04/29/2015 07

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On 30.04.2015 01:00, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/29/2015 09:05 AM, poma wrote: >> On 29.04.2015 17:39, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, >>> > wrote: I have to get

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On 29/04/15 22:05, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD card

32Gb class 10 mSD - Re: SD card programing -

Just got this pointer in an email: http://view.newsletter.rakuten.com/?j=fe8815707c6d017473&m=fe8d12717c62077d7c&ls=fe5f137175660d7e7112&l=ff2416797d6c&s=fe5a157373660c7b7210&jb=ff3615717167&ju=fe6616747665027f7016&r=0 I have bought a number of items from Rakuten and a happy with them. On 04/

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On 04/30/2015 09:08 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:46:38PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a Microcomputer center a couple miles away, and they have mSD cards by the dozens at the checkout counters. Each comes with the SD adapter. I think I just spent $9 each for a fe

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:46:38PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have a Microcomputer center a couple miles away, and they have mSD > cards by the dozens at the checkout counters. Each comes with the > SD adapter. I think I just spent $9 each for a few more 16Gb cards > for my testing. I've

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On 04/29/2015 10:05 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Remember the RPi uses a micro SD card. If the thing your daughter has has a micro SD slot, you're in! If not, you'll need a microSD->SD adapter. If that's the case, then just wait and buy a micro SD that comes with the adapter. Most do. I think it d

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On 04/29/2015 10:46 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I guess I should buy at least a 16 gig micro SD card? What is the life expectancy of one with this use? I have a Microcomputer center a couple miles away, and they have mSD cards by the dozens at the checkout counters. Each comes with the SD

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On 04/29/2015 09:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD

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On 04/29/2015 07:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: Well once I knew what to ask for my daughter had a Memory Card Reader, a "High Speed 55 in 1 card reader" that has connectors for 5 different types of devices. And I think I can find an SD card in my camera I can borrow if I don't get one first, s

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On 04/29/2015 06:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD c

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On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote: Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to a normal SD card and get that SD<>USB dongle. 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD card in it) into the USB dongle. 3. Plug the

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On 04/29/2015 11:52 AM, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: >> On 04/29/15 12:39, Rick Stevens wrote: >>> On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: <<<>>> > By the way, this isn't exactly what I have, but this is the sort of > thing you need:

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:26:23AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > As long as the SD card can handle the image, it shouldn't matter as > "dd" should quit once it's transferred the ISO image (the copy is based > on the input device/file size, not the target's size). But the SD card can't handle the im

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On 04/29/2015 09:05 AM, poma wrote: On 29.04.2015 17:39, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, mailto:bobgood...@wildblue.net>> wrote: I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or

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On 29.04.2015 17:39, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > > > On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, > > wrote: >> >> I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it >> from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one prepr

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Just a thought, I did some experimenting with thumbdrives and (mini/micro)-SDcards. Most laptops do not recognize SD-drives as bootable media, but when you put them into a usb-adapter they work OK. Also making a card bootable on one adapter, does not garantee That it will be bootable in a diffe

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On 04/29/15 16:29, jd1008 wrote: There are several micro SD card adapters on Ebay for very cheap price. The only thing you need to look at your fedora machine is a thin slot that is slightly more than an inch in width which accepts the Macro size SD card. So, adapters which are of the Macr

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 10:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 2

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On 04/29/2015 09:39 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, > wrote: I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed.

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On 04/29/2015 11:01 AM, Dave Ihnat wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 06:53:53PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: IIRC the OP isn't asking about Fedora on the Pi, but how to create the SD card on a Fedora machine. As I read it, too. Just a Caveat--I've recently been doing a fair bit with the RPi

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 06:53:53PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > IIRC the OP isn't asking about Fedora on the Pi, but how to create the > SD card on a Fedora machine. As I read it, too. Just a Caveat--I've recently been doing a fair bit with the RPi, since one client asked for a slideshow s

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On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 22:59 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 04/29/15 22:46, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > > > > I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the > > operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be > > downloaded but I have to get the SD car

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On 04/29/2015 12:07 PM, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 11:39 -0400, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: what I am really asking I guess is how do I connect the SD card to a desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. With

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On 04/29/2015 09:47 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: On 04/29/15 12:39, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downlo

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On 04/29/15 12:39, Rick Stevens wrote: On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is requi

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On 04/29/15 12:07, Tim wrote: How do I connect the SD card to a> desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see >that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. With a USB card reader. That's what I use to get photos from my digital camera. They're the sort of thing t

Re: SD card programing -

On 04/29/2015 07:46 AM, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or

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On Wed, 2015-04-29 at 11:39 -0400, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > what I am really asking I guess is how do I connect the SD card to a > desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see > that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. With a USB card reader. That's what

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On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, > wrote: I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. Pretty much any old SD card would do. I have this one: ht

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On 04/29/15 10:59, Ed Greshko wrote: On 04/29/15 22:46,bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > >I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required

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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, wrote: > I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from > Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. > Pretty much any old SD card would do. I have this one: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDSDB-016G-AFFP/

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On 04/29/15 22:46, bobgood...@wildblue.net wrote: > > I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the > operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be > downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program > it from Fedora 21 or 2

SD card programing -

I just received a Raspberry Pi 2b as a birthday gift. Apparently the operating system must be stored on an micro-SD card, the o/s can be downloaded but I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. Perhaps someone with experi