On 30.04.2015 01:00, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 04/29/2015 09:05 AM, poma wrote: >> On 29.04.2015 17:39, bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it >>>> from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed. >>>> >>>> >>>> Pretty much any old SD card would do. I have this one: >>>> >>>> http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDSDB-016G-AFFP/dp/B007JRB0SS/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1430320408&sr=1-3&keywords=sd+card >>>> >>>> By far the most popular OS for Rasperry Pi is Raspbian (a Debian >>>> derivative). There is a lot more third party software available for >>>> this. But there is also Pidora (a Fedora variant) which I have >>>> successfully installed and tested. >>>> >>>> I currently have an older Pi model B in service as my Bacula storage >>>> server, with an external 4TB USB drive for online backups, plus a USB >>>> enclosure that allows swapping drives to use for archival backups. >>>> Works great. Pi's have lots of uses. >>>> >>>> --Greg >>>> >>>> >>> . >>> >>> Well I can see that it has to be the small micro SD type care if it's >>> going to fit the socket and case that came with it. >>> >>> But what I am really asking I guess is how do I connect the SD card to a >>> desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see >>> that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >> >> https://player.vimeo.com/video/90518800 > > Bob, buy a MicroSD card that comes with the adapter to convert it to > a normal SD card and get that SD<---->USB dongle. > > 1. Plug the MicroSD card into its adapter. > > 2. Plug the SD card adapter (with MicroSD card in it) into the USB > dongle. > > 3. Plug the dongle into your desktop computer and note which device the > SD card shows up as (probably /dev/sdb, but have a look at the output > of dmesg to be sure). > > 4. Download the ISO that you want. http://www.digitaldreamtime.co.uk/images/Fidora/21/ Pi2B-Fedora-Xfce-armhfp-21-5-20150219-1-sda.raw.xz https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/arm/2015-February/009054.html > > 5. As root, "dd if=name-of-iso-file.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M" (assuming the > SD card shows up as /dev/sdb...change as needed) > > 6. When dd ends, unplug the USB dongle, pull out the SD card adapter, > pull the MicroSD from the adapter, stick it in your RPi and power up the > RPi. > > 7. Voila! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
