[arm-allstar] Won't Boot - tried all the usual stuff

[David McGough]

Hi,

Out of curiosity, what type of HDMI monitor were you using??

99% of HamVoIP systems are "headless," only using ssh or a web browser to 
access via a network.

73, David KB4FXC


On Thu, 20 May 2021, "Temporarily Offline via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> Wrapping this up for future searches.  The RPi2-3-4_V1.6-14_Allstar.img
> boots up in a higher resolution and doesn't try to autodetect what it is
> attached to.  I think its trying for 1920x1080 which would be fine for a
> modern TV, I just didn't have any to test with until I tried an extra-old
> monitor that said "resolution out of range" and that got me to thinking...
> 
> So try at least a 1920x1080 screen and if that doesn't work, try a bigger
> screen!
> 
> I'm up and running now with no changes to the pi or the image - just a more
> expensive screen.
> 
> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 6:10 PM Temporarily Offline <
> temporarilyoffline at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > No Joy.  That's in the instructions and it comes Much further down - they
> > actually want you to do that from the pi running instead of before it boots.
> >
> > Tried it on existing image and a fresh burn.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 5:21 PM "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> >> You intend to use this for a SHARI hat? Have you modified cmdline.txt as
> >> instructed on the SHARI website? If so, there was (still may be) a
> >> documentation error, in which there is an uppercase P instead of a lower
> >> case p in cmdline.txt. If you haven't yet made this change, no idea.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 5/10/2021 6:09 PM, "Temporarily Offline via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> >> > Hardware: Pi4 4GB, Latest Firmware
> >> >
> >> > Working: I've downloaded the latest image, all the checksums match.
> >> >
> >> > Broken: I've used etcher to burn the .img.xz and the .img also. Neither
> >> > boot. The pi initializes and it goes to the rainbow screen after finding
> >> > the SD card... or it doesn't make it to the rainbow screen.
> >> >
> >> > Working: I've used etcher to burn the Raspbian image, boots fine
> >> >
> >> > Working: I've used the Arch method to create an Arch SD card
> >> >
> >> > Working? I've tried a 3a and 3.5am power supply both work with Raspbian
> >> and
> >> > Arch
> >> >
> >> > Working:  I've used 2 different Sandisk branded SD cards to boot Rasbian
> >> >
> >> > Working: I've used an RPi4-8GB model
> >> >
> >> > I have gotten the image to boot once on 8GB model with 3.5a power
> >> supply,
> >> > but that wasn't its intended home and needed to move it back.  I moved
> >> the
> >> > 3.5a power supply to the Pi4x4 and tried to boot it up bare (no Shari
> >> hat)
> >> >
> >> > I'm trying `dd` to burn the image now, but I'm not sure that will help.
> >> >
> >> > Thoughts?
> >> > - TO
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