RatOS not interacting with Pi
So this is my first time trying to use a Pi (Pi 3b). I have followed the steps at the beginning of the install guide and used balena etcher to write the rpi32.img.xz file to a new 32gb thumb drive (the Pi doesnt have a direct SD card port as far as I can tell). That seems to work fine, balena says it was success ful, but my computer (windows 10) starts trying to get me to reformat the drive the second balena finished. I took the drive out of my PC without reformatting (seems like that would undo Balena's work?) and put in into my Pi, and then plugged the Pi into power and the red light comes on. Thats all. I cant find a "RatOS" local hotspot nor will my laptop recognize an ethernet connection to the Pi. I have retried it a few times and given it well in excess of 30 mins to post the hotspot. Not sure what to do from this point.
The Pi is only connected to the thumb drive, power, and I plugged the ethernet in to check it.
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nope, you need the SD card, see https://youtu.be/CQtliTJ41ZE
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optimistic-gold•2y ago
LOL it did not occur to me to look at the back of the board for the SD card slot
thanks
when completing Ecther , Windows is simply seeing the new drive just created in a format it doesn't' recognize. You need to properly 'eject the disk' so windows closes all files properly. A Pi4 by default 'should' boot from a USB disk if it sees no TF card installed.
but he said he is using 3b
dooohl!
optimistic-gold•2y ago
5 hours and I didnt flip the board over. its a 3b. Im head to walmart now haha.