Questions tagged [sd-card]
SD (Secure Digital) cards and their associated SC/HC/XC technologies are the primary storage medium for the Raspberry Pi. The Pi Models A and B use SD Cards, and new models use Micro SD. SD cards are non-volatile flash memory.
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Fastest Way to Flash OS Image to Raspberry pi SD card
I want to Flash OS Image in a Much Faster way , In network Boot Mode, Currently i am using DD Command to Flash OS to 32 GB SDCARD on Client raspberry pi 4 board, its taking 10mins for 6.5GB image size,...
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Multiple first time start issues, including "Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,2)"
So from what I have been googling, it sounds like it could be the SD card, but it is brand new and no other applications detect an error with it. Hopefully someone here can help me confirm.
I bought a ...
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Is my SD card dead that it shows wrong size in fdisk and not writable? How did it happen?
Suddenly one day the SD card in my Raspberry Pi went bad.
The card is 16 GB.
Now if I put it in any of my card reader and connect it to my Linux PC, fdisk -l shows the follows:
Disk /dev/sdc: 30.61 ...
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Latest Raspbian 10 Buster flashed onto 32gb micro sd card not booting Pi 1 Model B
Flashed using a 4gb sd card with slightly older release of the same buster os with dd, which itself boots fine on the same model B.
But when I attempt to boot using the latest legacy buster lite os (...
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How can I check read and write time to SD card on my rpi?
I want to check the reading and writing time on my SD card on my RPI.
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COM disconnects and program fails when including code trying to initialize SD card (RP2040 Pi Pico W running Arduino)
I'm having an issue where anytime I run a program such as the SD card read write example (Below) the COM port disconnects. The only changes I have made to the example code is I am using SPI1 instead ...
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Deleted the contents of the sd card but made sure to back it up problem
Deleted the contents of the sd card but made sure to back it up but when I am simply try to copy paste the contents it does not work. My raspberry pi does not boot up. Any suggestions on what I can do?...
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How to make a raspberry pi "hot unpluggable"
I want to be able to just pull the power on my raspberry pi project.
I am aware that sd cards don't like that. Is it possible to use some kind of other persistent storage such as a flash drive or some ...
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Imager. Download corrupt. Hash does not match
I'm trying to create an SD card with Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit). It writes up to 196% and then gives an error "The download is corrupted. The hash does not match." Is the SD card died?
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Raspberry pi not displaying anything
I'm using a rapsberry pi 4 with the original power supply. Everything was working with the pi and then one day I turn it on and it no longer works. When I turn the pi on the red light is constantly on,...
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IO capacity of SD and USB on RPi 4B
Ignoring the limitations of the SD card or SSD (via USB) what is the limitation on read and write speed in MB/s provided by the RPi 4B itself on the SD card and USB connection.
I don't know much about ...
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I installed Raspbian 32 bit. But 'arch' writes aarch64
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 B. I have tried burning multiple systems on a 32 GB SD card using Raspberry Pi Imager v.1.7.4: Raspbian 10 lite 32 bit, then Raspbian 11 lite 32 bit, and then booted manually ...
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Pico Pi giving synthax error on pillow library
I am running a main.py file on the Pico Pi that imports a test file in a SD card that is connected by a module. The test.py file then imports PIL from the same directory as the file. I believe this ...
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Add an external micro SD card for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
I own a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and a micro sd card reader usually used with arduino. Is it possible to connect them using spi? My sd card reader is the following:
Thank you for the help!
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mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD on RPi4B and SD is perfectly working
SD card is working fine, it is not dead.
Boot Diagnostics screen when sd card is not inserted
After inserting the sd card, it reboots and this is what it shows
I tried flashing the same os image on ...
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Raspberry Pi SD Card Reader Overheat?
We have Raspberry Pi 3B, and tried plugging it in after trying to supply power using the GPIO pins but to no response. We tried to turn it on again using the cable charger we initially used but only ...
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Safe method for SD backup and recovery on a Mac
I have tried several methods on my Mac to backup and recover an image of the SDs on my raspis. The only method that has consistently proved to work for me is the "dd" from Mac terminal. The ...
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not sure what type of m.2 ssd to adfd to my Pi 4
I'm new to Raspberry Pi. I'm still confused after online research about what type of SSD to add to my Pi 4B with 4G. I'm planning to use it as either a media server or a home automation server running ...
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Resolve Green Screen on Boot Without Reinstalling OS
Recently, my Raspbian OS froze on my Raspberry Pi 4, and when I restarted the machine, it immediately produced a solid green screen. Research suggests that it is most likely due to a corrupted OS, and ...
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What's the difference between `CLK_EN` and `CLK_INTLEN` in the Control1 register of the EMMC module on the Raspberry Pi?
In the manual for the BCM2835, the CONTROL1 register of the Arasan EMMC module has a:
CLK_EN field for "SD clock enable"
CLK_INTLEN field for "Clock enable for internal EMMC clocks for ...
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Does Raspberry Pi 4 support boot medium other than SD card
Does Raspberry Pi 4 support boot medium other than SD card.
Can I boot raspberry Pi from EMMC or NOR flash ?
Thanks,
Swapnil
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BOOT Error: end Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
I did sudo halt and then power off the raspberry pi, then power off. And the next time I power on the pi, I can't boot the system anymore, and got this error.
I successfully run the commands fsck -y /...
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Unable to boot from USB
I am trying to boot the OS on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ by using an external SD reader connected via USB cable.
As far as I understood by launching lsblk, the SD reader is mounted in /dev/sdb.
So, I have ...
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Boot from USB with a Raspberry Pi 4B that apparently has a broken SD card reader
I have spent the last couple of days testing my Raspberry Pi 4B to be able to boot from the SD card.
Apparently, I think that the SD card reader stopped working, and I can not have any OS inside my ...
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Net install fails, could sd card be the issue?
I recently got my first RPi (4 model B 2GB) and a brand new SD card (Goconecto 1TB micro SD XC 3 A2). I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server via the net installer. Up to now I've tried 20.04 64bit, 22.04 ...
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How to restore a corrupted SD card
I'm well aware this question has been asked about a million times already but apparently nothing seems to help me.
I was just going about my business over ssh on my raspi zero when I suddenly lost ...
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Any (old?) Pi with non-micro SD card?
Is there or were there ever any Raspberry Pi with "full sized" (non-micro) SD card?
I've been reading a number of articles on SD cards issues for RPi, namely:
How to Repair a Broken ...
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Is there a ready-made wiring diagram and library to use RepRap / Prusa controller?
I have a spare Reprap controller, like one on the picture below. I also have a spare Prusa controller that was swapped out because warranty covered aesthetic damage. Still, both work.
I recently ...
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Is my raspberry pi 4 broken?
I'm using raspberry pi 4 to operate a servo motor and it was working appropriately yesterday.
Today, I found the pi is getting too hot to hold and I cannot ssh to the pi. Because I cannot shutdown it, ...
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Same SD card, same 7" touchscreen: works on Raspberry Pi 4, not Raspberry Pi Zero 2
I have a 7" touchscreen that, on my Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, does not properly scale x position. At the left edge of screen, where I touch is where my cursor appears. But the farther right I move, ...
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Convert Pi Zero SD-Card Image zu Pi Zero 2 W Image
I have an SD-Card Image for a Pi Zero but the Pi Zero was always a bit slow for the task (Web-Server, Machinelearning). So I would now like to replace the Pi Zero with a Pi Zero 2 W.
Unfortunately, ...
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How to update wifi and static ip settings on existing Raspberry Pi via the SD card?
I'm trying to add an additional network to a Raspberry Pi 4 running Buster that I use on my home network that I am travelling with. The location I am staying in appears to have Wifi delivered via a ...
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Boot drive shows empty after reboot
I just inserted the SD card of my Raspberry Pi into the card reader and I added a wpa_supplicant.conf file because it was not connected to the internet.
However when I inserted the SD card in my ...
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How to connect SD card and battery to Pico?
I have been looking into components I need for a MicroPython project. I needs to be battery powered and be able to read/write to a removable SD card.
For this, I have discovered SD breakout boards. ...
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Is it possible to boot Raspberry Pi 4 model B from USB without touching SD cards at all? [Broken SD card slot]
My SD card slot broke off (as in only pins are left and I would have to hold down an SD card for it to boot). 1
I've written Raspberry Pi OS to a USB drive, I was told the Raspberry Pi 4 B could boot ...
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Raspberry Pi Micro SD can ONLY be written by the Pi
Here is a weird one for yall. I kinda busted my OS up and I want to reflash a headless install of the Raspberry Pi OS. I spent literally hours as I take the micro SD card off and I put it in my MS-...
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Automate fsck on failed boot
I am running Ubuntu 20.04 Server on my Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB. I have migrated to usb hdd boot but I still need the SD card as it houses the firmware (if somebody found a workaround, let me know :)). The ...
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copy rpi sd card on wins 10 (format problem) [duplicate]
how do I copy my rpi sd card using Windows10. I need to make a snap shot system disk backup prior to further development. I want to have an exact system copy NOT a backup of files etc. With a system ...
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Moving RaspberryPi OS to a larger SD card [duplicate]
I am using RaspberryPi OS Lite on my model 3B on a 8Gb SD card, but ran out of space. I tried copying the old SD card using
dd on the whole SD Card
dd on both partitions separately
balenaEtcher (...
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Fast question: I want to know what class is my sd card? How to do?
A fast question: I want to know what speed class is my sd card? How to do?
Using dmesg show those info
mmc0: new ultra high speed DDR50 SDHC card at address 0001
is possible to know the speed class ...
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New to PI-Automatically move files from sd card to Syncology NAS
My goal: To have video copied from an SD card that is inserted into a Pi 4B using a USB SD Card reader copied to a network share and put in folders based on dates.
My scenario.
I come home from ...
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System binaries fail with "Exec format error", apt-get fails with "117: Structure needs cleaning"
Most system commands fail with "Exec format error" and apt-get upgrade fails with "117: Structure needs cleaning". Does this sound like an SD-card corruption? If not, what could ...
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Autoexpand partition after first boot
I am using Raspberry OS for a batch of zeros, I wanted to prepare the OS one time and then flash the prepared image for the others. After flashing the OS I installed some useful things for later, I ...
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Raspberry pi very slow boot
I have a very slow reboot of raspberry pi 4 (8gb ram). It wasnt always like this,
but the last days i realized it's extremely slow.
I use it for Home assistant (with Docker), pihole and plex, and i ...
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Can I use overlay filesystem on an expanded filesystem?
I've used raspi-config to activate overlay filesystem and made the boot partition read only. As I was running out of space I decided to use raspi-config to expand the filesystem to fill the entire SD....
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I lost my sd card for Raspberry Pi 3 model B V 1.2 [closed]
I had lost my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V 1.2 2015 SD card can I download some files on to a new SD card?
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How to extend rootfs before booting
I installed raspbian on an sd card and then booted into a pi zero to do my required configuration and setup.
I then made an .img off of this sd card which I'm planning to use in a manufacturing ...
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How to create small SD Card Images?
The builtin SD Card Copier tool can create copies smaller than the system sd card, so it can be used for cloning the system into smaller cards. Is there a similar tool (running on any os) for creating ...
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What is better to write/read to the USB or the SD card in terms of speed and reliability?
I have been using both the SD card and the USB drive to save large files (videos) over a long period of time (weeks) and wondering what is best (and why). I have had problem with both (lags, corrupted ...
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Flush/forget all changes to OverlayFS with read-only SD
raspi-config has the ability to enable the Overlay File System so that no changes are saved to the SD card. That is fantastic, but it seems the changes are saved in RAM. The problem is, when the Pi ...
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