I have downloaded NOOBS, and Raspbian, which is the only available OS on the current online NOOBS version, (Openelc is not there, or I havent seen it ?) Raspbian runs ok on my PI2. I removed the Raspbian SD card, and inserted another SD card, with Openelec. I was very happy with the performance, but...

Thanks.

I have had my Raspberrypi 2 for one week now, and my sd cards now are not holding inside the sd socket, they jump out

I switch off the right way, from Kodi.
But, when switching on again, I have to wait 120 seconds to boot and I loose all my Kodi addons, and have to install the zip addons once again

Using Raspberrypi 2: The program loads and works perfect, better than some streaming boxes. But........ Everytime I switch off, and start again the program I am prompted that the I have to wait for 120 seconds before boot, because I have a corrupt file. I have uninstalled and re installed the img fi...

Thanks a lot ghans.
Altough I am very familiar with microsoft OS, I am completely new to opensource, Linux, distros etc etc. and can only compare to microsoft structures.

Does this firmware, alternative to BIOS, applies to all other open source hard ware , not just Raspberry pi ?

am I correct in saying that for any OS on asn SD card, in order to boot, it must have the Raspberry PI firmware. Which means that I will have to check if the particular OS, in my case , a Kodi OS, is compatable with Raspberrypi. I am also experimenting with the Orangepi Plus, which, with all due res...

thanks for your prompt reply.

So, in plain language, I assume, that if I swap the SD card for another one, with, say OSMC image. my Raspberrypi2 will boot? Am I assuming that opensource OS have buit in startup, instead of the windows BIOS ?

What is the equivalent of the BIOS in open source systems like Linus/Android Distro etc etc ? Is the bios in Raspberry pi 2 built in, or part of the installation image of say NOOBS ? Can I have different OS in different SD cards opened in Raspberrypi ? In other words, change an external SD card and ...

I fully agree with Ian
Raspberrypi is ideal for many ham radio applications, foremost for software defined radios.

Problem solved by:
Overwrite formatting
Copy and paste the unzipped files of NOOBS, by selecting all the files INSIDE the unzipped folder.

Thanks

Read the troubleshooting post http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=58151 Your Pi is not booting at all. There is something wrong with the SD card. Red LED should be on all the time. Green LED should flicker randomly showing SD card access. Thanks for the information. No, the g...

I have just recieved my new PI2B. I have connected the keyboard, mouse, SD card with NOOBS, and usb power. Both led's, red and green on. But, no video output whatsoever, on both HDMI and composite ! on two monitors. The two monitors both work fine on both HDMI and composite on other devices. Just a ...