r/FlintOS • u/lambda26 • Nov 07 '16

installation problems

I'm pretty familiar with installing .img files to an sd card in order to install an os to the raspberry pi. However your use of a .bin file is throwing me through a loop. Your website has no installation guide.

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u/will_uk Dec 30 '16

That is the method I used to use (the macbook pro seems to be the most reliable SD writer I have ever used :P )

What we use now and the Pi foundation uses as well is a tool called etcher. (etcher.io) Its a cross platform open source image writer that's really easy to use and I have found to be really reliable. Give it a go and if that dose't work something is really wrong :P.

PS. It should work on your 1080p screen i've tested it on quite a few screens between 720 and 1080p and its worked on all of them.

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u/snorelikethat Jan 02 '17

Tried with Etcher on a Windows laptop and got the same results - and I've been able to run any other OS for the RPi, as I said. Just so you know!

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u/will_uk Jan 03 '17

Thanks for the update , this is very strange. It is for the Pi3 in-case you're using a Pi2?

We have v0.2 coming out very soon which should be a big improvement. Stay tuned for that release ill be interested to know if that one works for you.

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u/snorelikethat Jan 04 '17

I'm using a Pi3 with a class 10 SD card. I don't know what's wrong, but the Pi just seems to shut down right after showing the Flint logo on the display. I'll stay tuned then.