Troubleshooting • Re: imager problem making bookworm SDcard

What makes you think only the boot partition was written?

Viewing it on a windows box and only seeing the boot partition? If so, that's normal and does not mean that the root partition wasn't written. Windows doesn't understand the Linux (specifically ext4) format used for the root partition so will not create a drive letter for it.

Also, the verify step in Imager would have failed were the root partition missing.

There's a bunch of stuff that gets done on first boot and that can take some time especially if using the desktop OS image on a zero2w with its limited RAM. It's also possible that the OS doesn't like the EDID data provided by the monitor.

Here's what I'd try:

1. Re flash a clean image to the SD card. Make sure you create a user, configure WiFi settings, and give it a unique hostname.
2. Close imager
3. Open a terminal

4. Code:

   sudo lsblk

   You should see both partitions on the newly written SD card. Probably as /dev/sd?[12]
5. If they've been mounted, unmount them.
6. Insert into zero2w
7. Boot
8. Given it at least 10 minutes.
9. Check the screen
10. Check whether the zero2w has joined your network. (Check your router's admin page or use a network scanner)

Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Fri May 09, 2025 5:51 pm

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