[arm-allstar] can't create SD card image

[Don Sayler]

Well, this was a head-scratcher. Turns out I had *2* counterfeit SD cards.
Not 16gb, just 99mb. They sure look like genuine Sandisk Ultra! Ugh. Why do
people do that.



On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 8:58 AM Don Sayler <don.sayler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm trying to create a new SD card image from the latest RPi zip file. I
> extract the zip and get the IMG file. I use Win32 Disk Imager to write the
> image to a micro SD card. No errors are shown, and Win32 Disk Imager shows
> 'write complete'. And Win32 Disk Imager shows me only the 'F' drive, which
> is also what File Explorer and Disk Manager show.
>
> But, there is nothing on the SD card. The write protect tab on the adapter
> is not set. This is a 16 MB card. I even tried running Win32 Disk Imager as
> Administrator. I tried this on 2 different SD cards. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
> Don
>