[raspberry-vi] Re: Setup questions.
- From: "Nick Adamson" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 23:06:42 -0000
Hi Mo.
Thanks for your quick response.
1. The reason I thought that noobe was not going to work is based on some
posts i read on the raspberry-pi forum which is backed up by what I found.
When I imaged a card as described on the raspberry-pi website, formatting
with SDFormat and copying the noobe files my Pi got an IP but didn't respond
to SSH. A forum post i found indicated that SSH was not initially enabled by
noobe. All indications would seem to agree with that.
2. I was assuming that I'd done something wrong, I actually quite like
roadKil, My guess is that I screwed up the card when i formatted it, I'm
going to have another go at some point as I'd like the ability to switch
images easily. I'm using the card that came with the kit i bought so I'd
assume that its pretty good. Not sure of make or model. I did notice that
the last time i ran SDFormat that it showed an error which at initial
reading looks like a success message. I played around with setting until the
error stopped getting reported this last time and thats what makes me think
I did something wrong.
3. Thanks, will take a look.
I've recorded the pod casts now and I'm going to host them up on my audioboo
account just as my story with the PI.
as the PI is such a good potential programming and general Linux tool I
wonder if there's a little more support the raspberryvi.org website can do
to help with getting started. I'd be happy to collaborate on a set of more
formal podcasts for the website and would also be happy to help improve the
getting started guide, as although it was invaluable in giving me some
pointers in the right direction it did leave a couple of holes I think could
be filled. For example It would be nice to have a comparison of the various
PI distributions, some more detailed instructions on how to image SD cards
and it would appear that we can't use noobees, as almost every PI comes
shipped with it i think it would be nice to have known that up front. I'm
not sure how we go about putting forward content to the website. I'd be
happy to take the current getting started guide, update it and send it in to
the list for review if help like this is welcome and of any use.
Thanks.
Nick.
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From: "Mobeen Iqbal" <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2014 10:05 PM
To: <raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [raspberry-vi] Re: Setup questions.
> Hello Nick.
>
> 1. Yes, the raspbian images do have SSH enabled by default. so a totally
> blind person could use the image remotely from windows, though obviously
> you would need sighted assistance if you had it connected up to a screen
> and ssh wasn't possible.
> 2. I have tried writing both the accessible arch and raspbian images to
> numerous SD cards and the pi has booted with no problems. did you try
> making sure the card was clear of any partitions before writing your
> images? also, its worth noting that the old image we had on the website
> wouldn't boot if your Pi had a hynics chip though the raspbian image
> should still have booted. i'm looking in to alternative tools for
> writing images for windows and will report my findings soon, as you're
> not the first to complain about roadkill's tool. having said that
> though, some people have reported the image not booting on other SD
> cards when written with other tools including linux. can you provide the
> make model and size of your SD card if possible? not all cards work with
> the Pi, some can be temprimental to the point where you start to wonder.
> i generally use sandisk or transcend cards with no problems, i believe
> kingston can be temprimental.
> 3. backing up an image is a little trickier if using windows, though
> again the roadkill tool can do it with no problems. its how i backup all
> my images. using NVDA's flat review or the jaws curser, click the backup
> tab when roadkill's running and that'll switch to backup mode. it should
> be relatively simple from there. select your drive, enter a filename and
> click back up. i hope this helps? if you'd like a hand with the podcasts
> drop me a note off list and perhaps we can collaborate.
>
> cheers,
>
> Mo.
>
>
> On 12/01/2014 21:31, Nick Adamson wrote:
>> Hi all
>> Well my pi arrived a couple of days ago and it's taken a while to get it
>> in to a state i can SSH in to it.
>> I'm recording a series of podcasts about the pi and I'd like to see if
>> I've got everything right before recording.
>> With that in mind would anyone mind answering some questions for me.
>> 1. Noobe, the setup image the raspberry-pi foundation provide can not be
>> used without ssh or with sighted assistance. Is this right?
>> 2 I tried to right both the latest raspeen image and the accessible image
>> to the ad card using roadkil but both images failed to boot even though
>> they seemed to get written OK. Did I do something wrong or does the pi
>> have to go through the noobe setup process before you can load images
>> like this.
>> 3. How can I back up an image to my pc if I want to try a new image?
>>
>> Thanks for any help. I'd be happy to help update the getting started
>> guide with my findings if that would be use full.
>> Nick.
>>
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