Hi Andrew,
You can browse the various imaging tools I have used at one time or another.
Here's the link:
https://od.lk/fl/NzNfMjg3NDQ0M18
Thanks.
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From: raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <raspberry-vi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Andrew Hart
Sent: Sunday, 31 January 2021 23:27
To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: SD Flash utility for Windows that actually works
Hi. Thanks for the e-mail. Could you let me know where one can get a hold of
raw write? I searched around but I didn't have any luck tracking it down.
However, thanks for suggesting it, because the suggestion lead me to another
utility that worked an absolute treat and is accessible too. After flashing the
SD card, Windows could see the first partition and diskpart correctly reported
the partition as being an ntfs partition. From my experience, it seems clear
that a Pi will only boot properly if Windows can see the NTFS boot partition.
The program is called USB Imager. It is tiny, like about 300 kb tiny, and is
available on Windows, Mac and Linux. I don't know how its accessibility is on
Mac and Linux. I think it uses QT on Linux. The UI is minimal and is similar to
the Winflash UI. Given that Winflash simply doesn't seem to work--plus there
seems to be a number of complaints by people in the list archives having
problems with Winflash--I'll share the details of this utility below.
USB Imager is open source and the source code and binaries are available on
GitLab at
https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager/
Since the boot partition was accessible in Windows, I was able to dump an ssh
file onto it and sure enough, when the Pi came up, I could see it in the DHCP
leases on my access point and ssh into it with ssh pi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Also, Alt+Ctrl+space did work for getting speech up and going. It's just as
well I had hard linked it to my lan, because it went and downloaded a bunch of
stuff in order to install Orca and its dependencies. Seeing AI was able to give
me an idea of what it was doing.
Also, since I had connected it via HDMI to the tv, orca came up speaking
through the tv, so I fortunately didn't have an issue with sound.
I'm going through the set-up process now. I need to look at the Orca docs again
since I haven't used it in a very long time and have forgotten what little I
did ever know!
Cheers,
Andrew.
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