Issues with 16G PNY CLass 10 SDHC card

[rdoerr01]

When trying to install NOOBS v1.3 with the Local and Network file, it boots up fine and sits for a very long time at the step "Formatting settings partition". If you wait about 3 minutes it will finally get past that and have some other error message and then it comes up but doesn't show any OS's in the Dialog Box.

[Rob-Bishop]

Is it repeatable if you reformat the card and try again? How are you formatting the card?

[lurch]

If you're installing RaspBMC using NOOBS v1.3, that explains the "big pause" during formatting on a large SD card. It's a bug #108 that's been fixed in the upcoming NOOBS v1.3.1

But that obviously doesn't explain the "No OSes in Dialog Box" part.

[rdoerr01]

Yes, I can repeat it every time using the Qty-4 16G cards I just purchased, which are PNY Class 10 cards.  And for formatting I used the recommended SDFormatter app on my Mac.

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Ray Doerr
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On Oct 31, 2013, at 3:43 AM, Rob Bishop notifications@github.com wrote:

Is it repeatable if you reformat the card and try again? How are you formatting the card?

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[maxnet]

What does the "some other error message" say?

[rdoerr01]

After the long pause (about 90 seconds) on the Message "Formatting settings partition", another message comes up and disappears before I can get a chance to see it, then it show the main window with no OS's listed in the box.

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Ray Doerr
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On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:07 AM, maxnet notifications@github.com wrote:

What does the "some other error message" say?

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[maxnet]

When that happens, try:

• press ctrl+alt+f2
• login as root / raspberry
• type: "cat /tmp/debug" and see if you can spot the error there.

Also if you type "dmesg" and look at the last lines, does it show SD card errors? (lines with mmcblk0 in it)

[rdoerr01]

The first sign or any error is:

Warning: partition 1 does not end at a cylinder boundary
Warning: no primary partition is marked bootable (active)

Then the mount of /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /mnt failed

Is there anyway to collect this complete file from /tmp/debug on this failed flash card after the fact or during.  I noticed that ifconfig -a didn't show any IP, but I do have a cabled 10/100 connection.

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Ray Doerr
N519RV

On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:31 AM, maxnet notifications@github.com wrote:

When that happens, try:

press ctrl+alt+f2
login as root / raspberry
type: "cat /tmp/debug" and see if you can spot the error there.
Also if you type "dmesg" and look at the last lines, does it show SD card errors? (lines with mmcblk0 in it)

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[maxnet]

Warnings are normal.

Then the mount of /dev/mmcblk0p1 on /mnt failed

Does it work if you do "mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt" on the shell, or does that also give an error?

Does "dmesg" indicate SD card errors or removal (e.g. mmc0: card aaa removed)?

I noticed that ifconfig -a didn't show any IP, but I do have a cabled 10/100 connection.

If SD card disappears completely the NOOBS main screen may indeed stay blank and the Internet connection will not be activated.
(NOOBS main screen waits for the SD card to appear before it continues doing anything else. This can take a while on boot -NOOBS starts faster then Linux initializes the SD card-, so it does not consider it an error if it is not ready instantly.).

[rdoerr01]

Why was this closed, it's still an unresolved issue.

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Ray Doerr
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On Nov 2, 2013, at 4:52 AM, Rob Bishop notifications@github.com wrote:

Closed #118.

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[Rob-Bishop]

Were you able to respond to @maxnet 's questions? We can't help diagnose your issue without further feedback.

[rdoerr01]

It was formatted with the proper recommended tools.  I've ordered a TTL level USB cable so I could connect all the logs while it boots the NOOBS and hopefully that is let us know what is going on.

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Ray Doerr
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On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Rob Bishop notifications@github.com wrote:

Were you able to respond to @maxnet 's questions? The error you saw is caused by the SD card not being formatted correctly rather than an issue with NOOBS.

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[maxnet]

Photo with a digital camera of the screen (of "dmesg") might work as well, instead of capturing a full log through serial console.

Suspect the Pi/Linux doesn't get along well with your particular model SD card, or that it gets disconnected for some reason (e.g. bad pins) though.
If that turns out to be the case, it may not be something that can be solved in NOOBS' code.

I do think the initial formatting was ok, or it would have errored out on resizing the partition earlier during installation.

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