So - a bit of catching up to do. Following a lot of input from everyone at the Raspberry Pi Forums (http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum), I've come up with a step-by-step process for applying the latest Raspberry Pi Debian image to an SD card.
Pre-requisitesStep 1 - Download the Raspberry Pi Debian image – http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/debian/6/debian6-17-02-2012/debian6-17-02-2012.zip
Step 2 - Download Win32DiskImager - https://launchpad.net/win32-image-writer/+download
Step 3 - Extract Win32DiskImager to a convenient location
Applying the image
Step 1 - Browse to c:\program files\Win32DiskImager (or relevant installation location). Note the drive letter assigned to the SD Card (E: in the image below)
Step 2 - Double-click on the Win32DiskImager application (Win32DiskImager.exe)
Step 3 - Select the drive identified in Step 1 above in the Device list
Step 4 - Click the Open Folder button
Step 5 - Browse to the location you saved the image in (c:\temp in the image below), select it and click the Save button (incorrect button name)
Step 6 - OPTIONAL: To check the hash of the image, click the MD5 Hash checkbox. The label will change to “MD5 Hash: Generating…” as shown below
Step 7 - One the hash has been generated it will be displayed as shown below:
NOTE: this is the MD5 Hash, not the SHA1 as provided by Raspberry Pi foundation
Step 8 - Click the Write button – you will be prompted with a warning (shown below) – click Yes:
Step 9 - The process will start, displaying a progress bar
Step 10 - Be patient – it might take a while
Step 11 - Keep waiting – the % value increasing means it’s working!
Step 12 - NOTE: Once the process has completed there will be no confirmation – the screen will simply return to the initial screen:
Step 13 - Once the process has finished the SD Card will appear as a FAT32 partition – 74.4MB in total, with 46.9MB free
Step 14 - The partition will contain 10 files as shown below:
Step 15 - If reviewing the card in Computer Manager you will see the three partitions, with an amount of unallocated space (on this 2GB SD Card it is 27MB – this will vary from card to card, even two cards of the same size):
After this is it as easy as just plug it in and boot it up?
ReplyDeleteYes, that's it - put the SD card in, give it power and that's it!
DeleteI have a problem, I can not see any devices in to select the target of the immage.
ReplyDeleteI can see my SD card in My PC
I have follow the instructions.
I had the same problem and found the answer on a raspberry pi forum- my laptop internal card reader was not recognised by Win32diskimager. There is a discussion about this on the launchpad.net website. Fortunately the card reader on my main computer was recognised. The alternative is to use an external card reader
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ReplyDeleteYes, I've seen this issue in my laptop - I can see the card give in Windows but W32DI just won't see it. DD seems to get around this. Take a look here:
ReplyDeletemyraspberrypiexperience.blogspot.co.uk/p/using-dd-for-windows.html?m=1
HI,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting such a detailed explaination. Can you please post on how to increase the partition when we use more than 4GB SD card. I have 8GB card.
Hey friend - not too sure as I've never actually used an 8GB card, but from what I've read you can use GParted - a very good partition utility shipped with most Linux distros. I'll take a look and try post some details
Deleteevery time I extract on win xp the win32diskmager I am getting a error#1
ReplyDeleteincorrect function...any one any idea what I am doing wrong?
Not quite sure I follow you - do you mean you get that error when you try extract the file? My guess is that your download is corrupt - delete it and try download it again. If that doesn't work, try using DD for Windows. It's a little more manual, but works very well. Take a look here:
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This is stunning post...i love it..!!! thanks for sharing...Plastic cards.!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's marvelous work....i will try these idea for my plastic card..thanks for sharing..!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I try out write the '2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian.img' onto 8GB SDHC card using Win32DiskImager, i get "Write error - An error occurred when attempting to write data to handle. Error 121 : The semaphore timeout period has expired". pls help!
ReplyDeleteHi Capt 2013
DeleteI can't be sure about this error, but I have found Win32DiskImager to have some issues on certain cards and certain operating systems.
My suggestion would be to take a look at using a utility called DD - http://myraspberrypiexperience.blogspot.co.uk/p/using-dd-for-windows.html
It's a little more manual, but I've found to works every time!
need an alternative to win32diskimager for windows systems with internal card readers ASAP!!!
ReplyDeletethis is a MAJOR PITA.
Take a look here:
Deletehttp://myraspberrypiexperience.blogspot.co.uk/p/using-dd-for-windows.html
It's a little more manual, but is pretty bullet proof.