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Questions tagged [boot-issues]

Errors occurring in boot; includes software/hardware issues.

Issues involving boot problems can include software/operating system issues as well as hardware problems, such as: power, SD cards, video, GPIO connections, etc.

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How can I prevent my Pi's SD card from getting corrupted so often?

I get an I/O error at boot and then get this 'error': (I am running the latest version of Raspbian) Entering kdb (current=0xca82ac80, pid 1) due to keyboard entry kdb> _ And I have seen it before, and was explained that my SD card got corrupted…
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Raspberry Pi with boots up with rainbow screen

How can I fix a Raspberry Pi with rainbow screen on boot up? I have good voltage coming in and I believe I've formatted and setup the SD card properly. I have two of these boards that do the same thing; I bought them months ago but I am only getting…
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Install Arch Linux from osx

I recently downloaded archlinux, but as embarrassing as it is I simply don't think I am installing it correctly. When I do my version of the install and hook it up to the Raspberry Pi, the screen remains black. I have never installed a .tar.gz to a…
user20088
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Window IoT Core stuck while booting on Raspberry Pi 3

When I try to boot my Raspberry Pi 3 with Windows IoT Core it remains on this screen forever: I've tried 2 different builds now, 14322 and 14328. Also I tried via noobs and via the IoT dashboard from Microsoft. The device is connected to the…
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Strange problem on startup - cannot open access to console

Rpi 3 Model B, 16gb SD, all configured well and working fine until yesterday sometime, when rebooting, I now have to press "enter" to continue due to: "Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked." This is news to me, and pressing…
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Why am I getting a rainbow screen and flashing red PWR LED with a new Raspberry Pi 3B+?

I think there might be a problem with my new Pi. I'm using the same power supply (purchased from PiHut for my previous 3B) in the new 3B+ but I get the rainbow screen and the red power light flashes in a particular pattern: 4 long flashes followed…
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Ubuntu server on RPI 4 boot hangs on cloud init

I've installed the image ubuntu-19.10.1-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img.xz on an sd card and am trying to boot ubuntu server for the first time on my raspberry pi 4. I get to this stage in the boot and it hangs: ubuntu 19.10 ubuntu…
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Boot from USB with a Raspberry Pi 4B that apparently has a broken SD card reader

I have spent the last couple of days testing my Raspberry Pi 4B to be able to boot from the SD card. Apparently, I think that the SD card reader stopped working, and I can not have any OS inside my Raspberry Pi 4B. I noted that there are a couple…
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NOOBS stuck at rainbow screen - Raspberry Pi 4

I formatted my SD card to fat32 using GParted and copied all the files from the official NOOBS Lite download: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/noobs/. I unzipped using unzip command on the terminal. When I turn on the rainbow appears and the Pi…
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Green LED blinking 7 times with rainbow colour image on screen

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 b. I tried to boot it to android things OS. But when I connect the Pi to power, it is showing nothing except a rainbow colour screen and the green led is blinking 7 times. Please help me correct this issue?
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Unable to configure a Raspberry Pi Zero as a USB Mass Storage Device using g_mass_storage

I have been trying to get my Raspberry Pi Zero to behave as a USB Mass Storage Device, following https://gist.github.com/gbaman/50b6cca61dd1c3f88f41 and other online documentation. Steps to reproduce: Download Raspbian Jessie Lite or Raspbian…
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Ext4-FS error on Raspberry Pi randomly

I am getting EXT4-FS error on Raspberry Pi 3 randomly. I am attaching a screenshot from the display here:. After every restart it works normally for a few hours and then crashes. I am running latest version of Raspbian on it. Pi is powered through…
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Will not boot, black screen only

I recently installed Debian 7.0 (Wheezy) on a 32 GB SD card, but so far the Raspberry Pi has not been able to boot. I replaced the elf, bin files, etc... and the monitor is now getting a response, but no boot up screen - it is just blank. When I…
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How can I install the KUMAN 3.5 inch-display?

I have a perfectly running Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, with a Raspbian Distribution on a 16 GB SD-Card. I connected a Screen with a HDMI-to-DVI Connector to it, a Mouse and Keyboard and I also have SSH access. Further I got a Kuman 3.5 Inch…
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Booting Alpine linux on Raspberry Pi 4

has anyone had success running Alpine Linux on the Raspberry Pi 4? I have copied the contents of the Alpine release for rpi 64bit from here to an SD Card formatted with FAT32, but I only get to the coloured square. I tried copying the firmware…
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