On 04/29/2015 09:48 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
On 04/29/2015 07:00 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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
.
Well once I knew what to ask for my daughter had a Memory Card Reader,
a "High Speed 55 in 1 card reader" that has connectors for 5 different
types of devices. And I think I can find an SD card in my camera I can
borrow if I don't get one first, so I'm making progress there. However
the Raspberry project is secondary until I get this computer done. UPS
delivered the new hard drive late this afternoon, it is installed and
I have F22b installed on it and am in fact typing this message in
Thunderbird from it although it is not completely configured as I want
it.
I now have two F22 systems on separate drives, can just select the
drive I want to boot. The only change I've made is to groupinstall
xfce-desktop. The object is to see if this system will display the
iPhone text messages that I can't with the first F22 install.
I guess I should buy at least a 16 gig micro SD card? What is the life
expectancy of one with this use?
I have a Microcomputer center a couple miles away, and they have mSD
cards by the dozens at the checkout counters. Each comes with the SD
adapter. I think I just spent $9 each for a few more 16Gb cards for my
testing.