Make sure to run sync after to dd. Also curious as to reason for the recommendation against dd?
On Nov 16, 2017 12:35 PM, "Philip Balister via USRP-users" < usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote: > Try bmaptool. dd is a bad idea, yeah I killed my hard drive once. > > https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Copy_an_image_file_to_the_SD_card > > The might even be package with Ubuntu. After writing, re-insert the card > in the writer and see if it mounts the partitions. > > Philip > > On 11/16/2017 10:54 AM, Mann, John - 0662 - MITLL via USRP-users wrote: > > Running Ubuntu 16 on my host computer... > > > > I downloaded the image from: > > > > http://files.ettus.com/e3xx_images/e3xx-release-4/ettus- > e3xx-sg3/http://files.ettus.com/e3xx_images/e3xx-release- > 4/ettus-e3xx-sg3/sdimage-gnuradio-dev.direct.xz > > > > Then I decompressed the xz file using xzdec: > > > > xzdec sdimage-gnuradio-dev.direct.xz >> sdimage-gnuradio-dev.direct > > > > And burned the sd image using the dd command: > > > > sudo dd if=sdimage-gnuradio-dev.direct of=/dev/sdb1 bs=1M > > > > The dd command apparently finishes without error after about 10 minutes, > and I can see flashing lights on the SD card USB adapter, so I'm pretty > sure it is getting written to the correct place. > > > > But the card does not work in the E312. When I turn it on, the 4 LEDs > next to the Tx/Rx ports light up, but there is no activity on the console > window. I have another SD card that boots up fine, so I know the E312 is > fine. There is clearly something wrong with the SD card. When I plug the > old working card into my Ubuntu host machine, I can actually see the files > on the card. When I plug the newly burned card back into the Ubuntu > machine, I see nothing. > > > > Any idea what I am doing wrong? > > > > John Mann > > MIT Lincoln Laboratory > > > > _______________________________________________ > > USRP-users mailing list > > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > USRP-users mailing list > USRP-users@lists.ettus.com > http://lists.ettus.com/mailman/listinfo/usrp-users_lists.ettus.com >
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