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Questions tagged [berryboot]

a multi-boot manager enabling to run different operation systems on the Pi from one SD card.

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Whats the difference between NOOBS and Berryboot?

Whats the difference between NOOBS and Berryboot? Why would you use one vs the other?
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Raspberry Pi - Rainbow screen

I'm trying to boot up Exton's Android build on Raspberry Pi 2, but I seem to be getting the rainbow screen. Here is what I have - 4 partitions as follows boot which has 512 MB, flagged as bootable system which has 1 GB cache which has 512 MB data…
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WOL Raspberry Pi

I'm researching the Raspberry Pi features and understand that the Pi can be used to WOL other devices. My question is can devices WOL the Pi? Yes I know I can leave it on and running but I would like to be able to shutdown OSes and even reboot into…
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Kali & NOOBS in pi

I have read many tutorials and guides, that try to explain how to have two OSes Kali and Raspbian (Wheezy) in the Pi using Berryboot. The problem is that I do not know how, where and when to install Berryboot, this is after or before installing…
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Berryboot fallback partition

Berryboot is a great way to load multiple os's onto a single pi, but I'd like to use it for something very specific. I need to be able to have berryboot attempt to load the default os, and if it crashes, fallback to a backup clone (which will…
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wifi dongle not working (rtl8712u firmware issue)

I'm trying to connect my Raspberry Pi 2 (Raspbian Jessie, loaded from berryboot) to wifi using my wifi dongle, it's not going as smooth as I had hoped and I'm hoping one of you can help me out. some more details and undertaken steps: I plugged in…
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Upgrading berryboot version

I currently have a version of berryboot dated Mar 14 2016 installed and running succesfully with 2 OSs. I would like to update firmware. Is it safe to just replace that berryboot installation with the latest one (by writing files to the SD card from…
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Is network boot possible on Raspberry Pi?

I have several RPI and want them to have a common OS shared thanks to a hotpot generated from a central computer, hence my question: Is network boot possible on Rasperry PI?
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Berryboot stuck on rainbow screen after update

I have been using RetroPie and Raspbian with Berryboot for a month without any problems. While using Raspbian and ssh on Windows, I did rpi-update then rebooted but I now only see a rainbow screen. I am using the same power supply I have always used…
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Cannot SFTP into Retropie

I have installed BerryBoot on a microSD card which I use with a Raspberry Pi 3. On this card, I now have a quadruple boot: Raspbian, UbuntuMATE, OpenELEC and Retropie. I am able to launch all operating systems fine by using a keyboard, a mouse and a…
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Berryboot and adding partitions

I've got Berryboot 2.0 on one of my SD cards and I'm using it for fooling around with some alternate OSes. For the Linux based ones I would like to share a HOME file system between them (and even if not shared, I prefer that to facilitate backups…
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External HDD stopped mounting automatically in Raspbian

In Raspbian I used to be able to just plug in my external HDDs and they would be detected I could then find them in /media/ using WinSCP and transfer files to them. I haven't used Raspbian in a couple of months but now my hard drives are not mounted…
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How does BerryBoot work?

Good evening, BerryBoot allows us to put multiple OSes on the same SD card, and I know it uses SquashFS, but I don't understand how everything is done. I'd like more explanation about how do SquashFS and BerryBoot work.
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Berry Boot "No Connection"

Cannot get Raspberry 3B to load os list upon initial boot. Continuously receiving "Error downloading distribution list from Internet." I've tried 3 different disk images including the berryboot version for raspberry pi 0,1,2,3 as well as the quad…
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Kano OS with BerryBoot

Is it possible to run Kano OS from BerryBoot? My son plays with Kano OS. I would also like to run Raspbian and OpenElec from the same SD-card. I believe Kano-OS is based on Raspbian, so it should be able to boot from BerryBoot. I appreciate if you…
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