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| Subject | Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? |
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| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| From | Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> |
| Message-ID | <565052F1.8070006@ntlworld.com> (permalink) |
| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2015-11-21 11:18 +0000 |
On 20/11/15 19:18, Markus R. Kessler wrote: > Am Fri, 20 Nov 2015 18:50:16 +0000 schrieb Dave Farrance: > >> "Markus R. Kessler" <dimke.fax@uni.de> wrote: >> >>> Hi Dom, hi all, >>> >>> seems that some Raspberries (currently I am working on an older one with >>> 2 USBs) need a volume name for the SD card. >>> >>> So the "-n" should be used in addition: mkdosfs -n 'RASPBERRY' >>> /dev/mmcblk0 >> >> I've got one of the earliest Pis and it doesn't require a volume name. >> >> A volume name is _useful_ in that linux will mount it at >> /media/<username>/<volume-name> >> >> ...so you're less likely to have "finger trouble" in placing the boot >> files into the correct partition, but the Pi itself shouldn't need it. > > Well, it's working, but I'll erase it again and play a little to get even > more errors. So I can try to find the "root cause". > > But now there's one more challenge: > > Installation of most of these OS images require an *ETH*-based network > connection. But currently I have only WLAN for my machines in that flat. > > In most cases this is sufficient, but Raspi cannot do the base install > via WiFi. -- Maybe, I could use one of my boxes to do some kind of IP- > forwarding, but that's not this trivial. > > Any idea? > > Thanks, > best regards, > > Markus > actually using a pi as a router to connect a LAN interface to a wan "should" be very easy I don't have access to my Pi at present to test though, I suspect a wiser person will post the correct options before I get a chance to.
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DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? "Markus R. Kessler" <dimke.fax@uni.de> - 2015-11-19 22:56 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-11-20 01:38 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-11-20 07:14 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? "Markus R. Kessler" <dimke.fax@uni.de> - 2015-11-20 17:13 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> - 2015-11-20 18:50 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-11-20 19:19 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk> - 2015-11-20 20:42 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? "Markus R. Kessler" <dimke.fax@uni.de> - 2015-11-20 19:18 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-11-20 21:01 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-11-21 11:18 +0000
Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-11-22 19:41 +0000
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