2022-08-23, 08:41 PM
subsequent to my bug report re ver3 headless not booting:
I have now got it running.
The problem is that the download files/folder that has been linked in the docs has been posted without adequate validation.
The download link downloads a version 3 headless folder within which are both the 63bit and the 32bit versions.
These should have been linked separately because rpi imager can not select folders within folders. It has to see the zip compressed file directly in order for imager to load this as the source file. Per the doc on imager, you do not have to decompress, but you do need to have the zip file naked and able to be selected. If you are using win 7 as example, you need to first move the correct zip file to a new folder where it is the only file in this new folder. Do not cut-paste as it will take 1/2 day to do. Simple click and move the file with mouse.
With RPI imager the file select mechanism does not allow the user to see the files within the download folder so as to see this issue, and the user who follows the dos as currently written will load only the primary folder in the download file along with whatever garbage is present.
Richard
SV Zolanda
I have now got it running.
The problem is that the download files/folder that has been linked in the docs has been posted without adequate validation.
The download link downloads a version 3 headless folder within which are both the 63bit and the 32bit versions.
These should have been linked separately because rpi imager can not select folders within folders. It has to see the zip compressed file directly in order for imager to load this as the source file. Per the doc on imager, you do not have to decompress, but you do need to have the zip file naked and able to be selected. If you are using win 7 as example, you need to first move the correct zip file to a new folder where it is the only file in this new folder. Do not cut-paste as it will take 1/2 day to do. Simple click and move the file with mouse.
With RPI imager the file select mechanism does not allow the user to see the files within the download folder so as to see this issue, and the user who follows the dos as currently written will load only the primary folder in the download file along with whatever garbage is present.
Richard
SV Zolanda