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Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install?

Subject Re: DOS bootsector needed for NOOBS install?
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From Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com>
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Organization virginmedia.com
Date 2015-11-21 11:18 +0000

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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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