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Insert SDHC card in Mac (if new, it's likely to be formated FAT32) | Insert SDHC card in Mac (if new, it's likely to be formated FAT32) | ||
| − | Open Terminal (Accessories > Terminal) | + | |
| − | + | Open Terminal (Accessories > Terminal) and run the following: | |
| − | df -h | + | |
| − | + | <code>df -h</code> | |
| − | sudo diskutil umount /dev/disk2s1 | + | |
| − | sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk2s1 | + | look for the name of your sdhc device, something like /dev/disk2s1 it's critical you find the correct name, you can loose your hard drive data if you get it wrong) |
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| − | p | + | </code>sudo diskutil umount /dev/disk2s1 |
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| + | sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk2s1</code> | ||
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| + | Ignore fdisk error: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory | ||
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| + | <code>p | ||
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f 1 | f 1 | ||
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write | write | ||
| − | exit | + | |
| − | sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1 | + | exit</code> |
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| + | Lets remount the disk | ||
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| + | <code>sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1</code> | ||
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open alpine rpi tar.gz file and expand into a new folder | open alpine rpi tar.gz file and expand into a new folder | ||
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copy contents of that new folder to card | copy contents of that new folder to card | ||
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click eject card in Finder | click eject card in Finder | ||
Revision as of 04:15, 28 May 2015
Download alpine rpi file
Prepare SDHC
Insert SDHC card in Mac (if new, it's likely to be formated FAT32)
Open Terminal (Accessories > Terminal) and run the following:
df -h
look for the name of your sdhc device, something like /dev/disk2s1 it's critical you find the correct name, you can loose your hard drive data if you get it wrong)
sudo diskutil umount /dev/disk2s1
sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk2s1
Ignore fdisk error: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory
p
f 1
write
exit
Lets remount the disk
sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1
open alpine rpi tar.gz file and expand into a new folder
copy contents of that new folder to card
click eject card in Finder
