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Iāve downloaded the latest FydeOS image (three times now) and used Raspberry Pi Imager, Balena Etcher, Rufus & Linux Mint image restorer at least 6 times now to write the image to a fully working & tested microSD, but my rpi4b will not boot the image - itās just stuck on the rainbow bootloader screen with the green LED flashing 7 times (I think this indicates no bootable image).
If I write the image to a normal USB memory stick, my rpi4b will boot FydeOS no problem.
If I use a microSD to USB dongle, I can insert the microSD in it & write the image to it fine. I can then insert the microSD/USB dongle into my rpi4b and it boots fine. If I then shutdown, take the microSD out of the USB dongle & instead insert it into the microSD slot on my rpi4b, it will NOT boot & is stuck on the rainbow screen.
Iāve looked at the partition table on the microSD - it all looks fine to me & seems to match the partition table as written to the working USB memory stick.
Iāve tried writing the image under Linux Mint & Windows 11.
Iāve also verified the Bootloader order on my rpi4b as microSD first.
Why will this image not boot from microSD on a rpi4b ??
Note: I have also tried the OpenFyde image contained in ārpi4-openfyde-r120.img.xzā on GitHub, and it also will not boot from microSD (but I have no problem booting other OSās from microSD)
Unless anyone knows what the issue is with getting FydeOS to boot from microSD, Iāll have to give up on it.
I tried mounting partition12 under Linux Mint & looking at cmdline.txt - it indicates a UUID as the root partition, but Iāve no idea if itās right or wrong (the āDisksā app in Linux Mint doesnāt show me any partition with this UUID). I tried editing it to /dev/mmcblk0p3 but this didnāt work (I think p3 was the right partition number?).
I then looked at the ādual bootā instructions & realised I can boot from USB stick on my rpi4b & then use the App Store to install the āInstallerā app (why this isnāt already installed & even autorun similar to ātry-before-you-buyā approach of dual booting Linux & Windows, is a mystery!)
Running the āInstallerā app & choosing āFull disk installationā & selecting my microSD inserted into my Raspberry Pi 4b (indicated as /dev/mmcblk0) but this always fails with the only thing shown in the on-screen log being āCreating journal (32768 blocks):ā which then disappears when it reports āInstallation failed. An error occurredā. Iāve tried loads of times with different microSD cards formatted as FAT.
Is there no way to install FydeOS to a bootable microSD on Raspberry Pi 4b ??
Iām having exactly the same issue - canāt boot from MicroSD, just get a rainbow screen at boot and nothing else. Booting from USB works but itās an old drive so itās super slow and not really feasable.
At the minute Iām creating an image from the USB and then Iāll attempt to flash it to the SD to see if it boots that way but Iām not holding out hope. Really frustrating.
I gave up. If FydeOS wonāt boot from microSD on Raspberry Pi, then itās unfortunately not much use.
I tried booting from USB & then using that to write an image to microSD, but it just kept failing.
And as youāre the first response to my Community Support request after almost 1 month, Iāve concluded that thereās no support for FydeOS either, so really not worth pursuing.