ARM Wiki sd-install update

[Elfy]

On 27/08/12 18:41, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
> On 08/27/2012 01:15 PM, Carla Sella wrote:
>> On 08/27/2012 05:44 PM, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>>> On 08/27/2012 11:29 AM, Elfy wrote:
>>>> On 27/08/12 16:16, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>>>>> On 08/27/2012 10:01 AM, Elfy wrote:
>>>>>> On 20/08/12 23:46, Nicholas Skaggs wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For those of you braving ARM installations, I tried an sd-based 
>>>>>>> installation this week and updated the instructions on the wiki 
>>>>>>> page. Elfy, Carla, et la, I can confirm your findings of this 
>>>>>>> bug(s):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1036742
>>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1036988
>>>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-installer/+bug/313452
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and the workaround. It's documented for now on the page:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/QA/Pandaboard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>> Nicholas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You umounted /dev/sdc :-) You have to unmount a parition anyways, so 
>>> it would be something like /dev/sdd1, etc. Try putting a partition 
>>> on /dev/sdd , making sure you can mount it, and then issuing the dd 
>>> command. Obviously it will be wiped by dd, but let's  confirm the 
>>> disk is working.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nicholas
>>>
>>>
>>

That is more or less what I was doing earlier - so yea can confirm that

>>
>> Hello,
>> I tried too to download today's image, but strangely it's only 22MB 
>> big, normally it was 660MB.
>> I tried to copy it to my SD card as I have always done, but when you 
>> then launch gparted you get no partitions on it.
>> I checked the md5sum and it's ok, but 22M can't be right, could there 
>> be something wrong with the image loaded on the iso tracker ?
>> Carla
>> -- 
>> Carla Sella
>> email:carla.sella at gmail.com
>> https://launchpad.net/~carla-sella
>> http://qa.ubuntu.com/
>
> Yikes! 22mb file? Elfy, Carla, yep definitely not a valid image. I 
> marked it for re-build. As I mentioned, this week is going to be crazy 
> with images failing all over the place. Keep your eyes open!
>
> Nicholas
>
>
That's probably why I had the issues - waiting for an image of a 
sensible size :)


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