raspberry pi2 and arch latest cannot boot

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raspberry pi2 and arch latest cannot boot

Postby dimlog » Sat Apr 25, 2015 3:18 pm

Hi

I followed the instructions for arch latest on rpi 2 but failed, nothing on the screen.
I had no problems with booting with either raspbian or ubuntu, same hardware.
The card is a Samsung micro SDHC UHS-I card 32MB.
Very disappointed, any help welcome!
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Re: raspberry pi2 and arch latest cannot boot

Postby pottzie » Sun Apr 26, 2015 6:15 pm

I have the same thing happening with a Sandisk ultra plus 32 gig. I'm doing this because the install I had on a Samsung micro sd refused to boot. The Samsung did however at least try to load, just couldn't find root. But there was output to the screen, several operations worked until it hit something it didn't like, and stopped, with an error.

The brand spankin' new Sandisk just shows the "colorful" rainbow/shimmery/colors....nothing happens, just starts with the " colors " display, and that's all.

I'll try reinstalling to the new card tonight.
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Re: raspberry pi2 and arch latest cannot boot

Postby simthadim » Mon Apr 27, 2015 6:39 pm

Same problem here on a Scandisk Micro SDHC UHS-1 card of 8 GB.
Have tried to reinstall arch, but screen remains black.

Tried Rasbian just 2 min. ago and it works perfectly (though I'd still prefer Arch :) )

EDIT: The RBP2 can't read the boot image. The green light does not flash, indicating that the RBP2 does not really activate the flashdrive. It does so for Rasbian in my case.
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Re: raspberry pi2 and arch latest cannot boot

Postby shlnz » Wed May 06, 2015 11:36 pm

I have the same problem after copying the files from the tar-ball to the SD-Card. :shock:
It is not loading any boot-code, what is indicated by the green LED (constantly green), as simthadim mentioned.
I tried to boot from an MEDION 16BG micro SD card and a SanDisk SDSDQUN-016G-FFP-A 16BG, but arch doesn't boot from both cards.
I haven't found any other users with the same problem jet. Is this maybe an issue only with the latest version? I couldn't find any older versions.
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