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« on: June 18, 2010, 06:45:32 AM » |
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As a general help to anyone in the future, please post known working and failed cards.
Working:
Lexar Platinum II Class 6 4GB - This unit works and have tested up to 7 hours run time, but I am still getting gibberish on boot after linux boots off the card when connected serially. I can get webpage and change settings and I can ssh into plug, so it does not seem to effect usage at least as far as I can tell. I don't know if it is card related, Putty related, or what???
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Not Working (For me at least)
Kingston Class 4 4GB - Reports at 3.69Gb and the image will not fit.
Adata Turbo Class 6 4 Gb - Reports at 3.73Gb and the image will not fit. Admin says he recommends this card, but I have formatted this on 2 different pcs in win xp, win vista, and linux and the image will not fit for me.
Dane Elec Class 4 4GB - Reports at 3.69Gb and the image will not fit.
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« Last Edit: June 18, 2010, 04:39:57 PM by mattmc97 »
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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2010, 06:41:12 AM » |
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The image I created is 'bad' its slightly too big for most cards, but will work even if its slightly bigger (slightly)... When I generate a new release (and new image) i'll address all my mistakes from the first attempt  |
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mattmc97
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2010, 09:07:37 AM » |
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I understand and appreciate all you have done to this point.
Just figured something like this would help people getting started. Finding a card that fit the image has taken the most time!
I have tried to shrink the image by re-writing the partitions smaller, and even removing the swap partition all together, but my image is still almost 60 megs larger than yours.
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lee2010
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2010, 05:02:46 PM » |
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Seems like the Adata class 6 8GB card doesn't work properly. I just bought one. It's relatively cheaper. Format and write image to it fine. It also boots up fine. But when I try to go the Webmin I got "Failed to open /etc/webmin/package-updates/current.cache for writing : Bad file descriptor". When I try to go to FreePBX I got an empty page.
The Lexar Class 6 4GB works fine for me too.
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« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2010, 04:10:18 AM » |
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No two SD cards are exactly the same, I've had issues with them being different sizes even when the manuf. all slap a 4Gig label on them...
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smileyphase
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2010, 04:27:07 AM » |
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I've also got the AData 4GB (class 6) which has the wrong size (3.72 GB, frustratingly enough, off a WinXP 32/64 and Vista).
The AData 8 GB (class 10) has the bad Ext2 partition isssue.
I've gone through several San Disks, Extreme II, at 4 and 8 GB respectively, PNY class 4 at 8 GB, Lexar 4 GB (class2, micro SD - lying around, I know it's slow), and Verbatim 4/8 GB (I believe they were class 6). Most were unbootable, although as I recall the PNY resulted in the garbage mishmash after boot (I gave up on it - I may have to get another one to try now that I see the garbage mishmash may be expected).
Fortunately, I've been able to return some of the incompatible SD cards to very understanding stores.
I appreciate all the hard work, but do we have any ETA on either a current list of compatible cards or a new image release which fits a smaller footprint? I'm happy to donate some $$$ to keep this project and site going once I can get my box working.
Thanks!
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mattmc97
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2010, 05:23:49 AM » |
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It is truly frustrating, believe me I was where you were 3-4 weeks ago.
Keep checking back with the site.
We are working to provide an updated image of a newer version of everything. I actually have a 3.68 Gb card (smallest of all the 4 gig cards I bought) that I purposely kept in order to have a smaller image so hopefully it will fit on ANY 4 gig card.
Additionally, we are going to try and provide an install script or at the very least, install steps of how to build PlugPBX from scratch.
I have a working install with all new (or newer versions) of everything, but have ZERO asterisk experience, so I have submitted my steps to PBXadmin to review and duplicate. Once he has a chance to review it and add the parts I am missing, then we will post all the steps again.
The garbage on boot does NOT keep the plug from working so if you have a card that will contain the image, then you CAN test out and use the current version until the new version is complete.
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smileyphase
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« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2010, 08:39:07 AM » |
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I managed to get the AData 8 GB (class 10) working using win32diskimager and the SD Formatter Beta 3.0 - I'd been using Roadkil's Disk Imager with diskwipe before.
I also got a Panasonic 8 GB (class 10) working using win32diskimager, as well as the Lexar Platinum II 8 GB (class 6).
Still garbage on the console, but it boots and I can get the IP address from the router.
Thanks for the supporting words (and other posts which suggested win32diskimager), mattmc97!
-SP
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2010, 01:08:45 PM » |
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win32diskimager and the SD Formatter Beta 3.0 Going forward, this is all I would recommend. I don't think there is any question that win32 disk imager is the superior application. I have not seen anyone complain of a failure using this app. |
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2010, 09:43:35 PM » |
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I also purchased a card which was too small, after using win32diskimager and the SD Formatter I was able to get the image file on the disk. Win32diskimager failed with errors, but the plubpbx still booted fine and I did not get gibberish on boot with serial attached.
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2010, 08:28:24 PM » |
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Thanks all for the good work. I have successfully imaged a PNY Class 4 8GB card today with the original betaimageDec22-dhcpfixed4G.img file using Roadkill's DiskImage software. I wrote COMPLETELY -WOO-HOO! It might be my laptop, but everytime I try to write an image to a card (to Physical Drive) it fails first time, but if I pop the card out and put it back in again, it will write. Of course, every single 4gb card I've tried writes, but fails at the very end. From what I've read, that seems okay because all the data is at the beginning of the image, and they seem to boot afterwards, but I haven't fully tested the asterisk yet either. Here is the list of cards I have imaged that seem to startup and run on my Sheevaplug model 003-SP1001 (SKU#RD-88F6281-8PLUG-A). By run, I can browse links successfully from http://PLUGPBX. + Sandisk Extreme SDHC class 10 4GB + PNY Optima class 4 - 4GB + Sandisk regular 4gb class 2 + Kingston Class 2 4GB MicroSDHC I don't know about performance, so I trying to make the 8GB card work for now. Will keep informed. |
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2010, 03:51:47 AM » |
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Can you guys start posting SD cards that have worked/failed on a dedicated Wiki page - so it is a living document?
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mcheavens
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« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2010, 09:13:06 AM » |
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I was not able to get either of my cards imaged on Vista (pro). I tried my internal reader primary laptop (Dell E4300) and my external reader (IoGear) that are both known to work. I tried with both the roadkill and WinImage utilities recommended in the Windows "how to". I was able to flash both cards that I had on my XP (pro) using my Dell (D600).
Cards verified to work: Patriot 8GB, Class4 Micro SD (in a SD adapter) (SDHC)
Would NOT work: Kingston 4GB, Class 6 (SDHC) (Image would not fit)
- I did try reformatting as well. It still failed at 98.64%
My Sheeva is a VERY early model (003-SP1001)
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