RPi 1B+ stops booting Rasbian release

[Snoekkie]

Could someone help me out on discovering which Raspbian release is suitable for the Raspberry Pi 1 B+.

Because there are now a day releases which are not for the RPi 1 B+. For example the Raspbian Jessie 20160318. Had many re-installs before I discovered it's only for the RPi 2 on the internet on websites like distrowatch.

Thanks for the effort.

[texy]

Hi and welcome to the forum.
The Raspbian OS from the foundations download page is compatible with all versions of raspberry pi - it has always been back-compatible with older hardware.
I'm not sure why you think that version is only for thee Pi 2B when the 3B was released shortly before that?
Hope this helps,
Texy

[Snoekkie]

Hi Texy. Thanks for the welcome, hope to be here for a long time.

I read on the site from distrowatch raspbian 2016-02-03 was made solely for the 2B also this release has problems with the 1B because of the memory configuration.

At the same time installing the 2016-03-18 release on my 1B+ gives problems after the update and upgrade I even tried to do RPI-upgrade. but this is giving me the same boot problems. Specially mentioned it is always the kernel which is panicing here is where the boot proces stops.

This is why I have been searching for a solution and ran into the distrowatch site. And concluded here to look for a solution.

Kind regards

[DirkS]

At the same time installing the 2016-03-18 release on my 1B+ gives problems after the update and upgrade I even tried to do RPI-upgrade. but this is giving me the same boot problems. Specially mentioned it is always the kernel which is panicing here is where the boot proces stops.

When installing an image without using Noobs you need to expand the filesystem to make use of the full size of the SD card, otherwise you will run out of space very quickly.
Use 'sudo raspi-config' and select the first option, then reboot.

I read on the site from distrowatch raspbian 2016-02-03 was made solely for the 2B also this release has problems with the 1B because of the memory configuration.

That sounds like balderdash & poppycock to me.
Do you have a link to that 'information'?

[RaTTuS]

current version of jessie works fine on the RPiB 256Mb machine I have installed it on

[Snoekkie]

At the same time installing the 2016-03-18 release on my 1B+ gives problems after the update and upgrade I even tried to do RPI-upgrade. but this is giving me the same boot problems. Specially mentioned it is always the kernel which is panicing here is where the boot proces stops.

When installing an image without using Noobs you need to expand the filesystem to make use of the full size of the SD card, otherwise you will run out of space very quickly.
Use 'sudo raspi-config' and select the first option, then reboot.

I read on the site from distrowatch raspbian 2016-02-03 was made solely for the 2B also this release has problems with the 1B because of the memory configuration.

That sounds like balderdash & poppycock to me.
Do you have a link to that 'information'?

Yes I have a link for you, http://distrowatch.com/index.php?distri ... l&year=all .

HHmmm I don't understand where I'am meshing up?
Have to investigate this.

Thanks all for your information.

[fruitoftheloom]

At the same time installing the 2016-03-18 release on my 1B+ gives problems after the update and upgrade I even tried to do RPI-upgrade. but this is giving me the same boot problems. Specially mentioned it is always the kernel which is panicing here is where the boot proces stops.

When installing an image without using Noobs you need to expand the filesystem to make use of the full size of the SD card, otherwise you will run out of space very quickly.
Use 'sudo raspi-config' and select the first option, then reboot.

I read on the site from distrowatch raspbian 2016-02-03 was made solely for the 2B also this release has problems with the 1B because of the memory configuration.

That sounds like balderdash & poppycock to me.
Do you have a link to that 'information'?

Yes I have a link for you, http://distrowatch.com/index.php?distri ... l&year=all .

HHmmm I don't understand where I'am meshing up?
Have to investigate this.

Thanks all for your information.

3rd Party Sites may not always be accurate, as is the case here, best to use the OFFICIAL SITE: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

[Snoekkie]

3rd Party Sites may not always be accurate, as is the case here, best to use the OFFICIAL SITE: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads[/quote]

I do use the official site for the download.
Afterwards I install the image on a 16G class 10 SDHCcard.
1. Boot my PI
2. sudo raspi-config
a. Expand
b. Time zone
c. Hostname
d. SSH
e. Update
f. Finisch
3. sudo update
4. sudo upgrade
5. sudo reboot

This what I do after starting booting somewhere in the middle i've got a kernel panic and my RPi 1B+ Hangs.

So this is what I'am wondering and looking for a solution.

[DirkS]

Yes I have a link for you, http://distrowatch.com/index.php?distri ... l&year=all .

Ok, that clears things up:

In this release we are shipping an experimental OpenGL driver for the desktop which uses the GPU to provide hardware acceleration. This is turned off by default - if you want to enable it, you can find it in the command-line version of raspi-config, under Advanced Options, GL Driver. Due to memory requirements, this will not work on Pi 1 or Pi Zero boards -

The bit about the memory constraints is purely about the experimental OpenGL driver (which is turned off by default anyway)

Current Jessie runs fine on any model Pi I have (and I have just about all of them)

[gkreidl]

3rd Party Sites may not always be accurate, as is the case here, best to use the OFFICIAL SITE: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

I do use the official site for the download.
Afterwards I install the image on a 16G class 10 SDHCcard.
1. Boot my PI
2. sudo raspi-config
a. Expand
b. Time zone
c. Hostname
d. SSH
e. Update
f. Finisch
3. sudo update
4. sudo upgrade
5. sudo reboot

This what I do after starting booting somewhere in the middle i've got a kernel panic and my RPi 1B+ Hangs.

So this is what I'am wondering and looking for a solution.

You MUST reboot after expanding the file system, before doing anything else (especially no update/upgrade)!

[km_eriksen]

I once experienced a similar kernel panic, but I just had to reflash the micro SD card and try again. Then it worked without issues.

[Snoekkie]

Many thanks guys,

May be I have to expand the first time I do a config. Then reboot after that configure the rest.

I wil try this this evening and come back on it.

Sorry for the confusion DirkS but now I understand. Learned again like it already Raspberry.

[Snoekkie]

Hi guys coming back on you still nothing changed.

What I have done,

1 Full format of my SD memory
2 copied my 2016-03-18-raspbian-jessie-lite.img to SD
3 booted my RPi
4 sudo raspi-config > Expand
5 reboot
6 sudo raspi-config >
a time zone
b hostname
c SSH
d update
7 finish
8 reboot
9 sudo apt-get update
10 sudo apt-get upgrade
11 reboot

At this moment during booting RPi hangs on 'Kernel Panic not syncing' and random: nonblocking pool initialized.

What I like to know is why after upgrade is everything going wrong.
Could it has to do something with /sbin/init error while loading shared library : librt.so.1cannot open shared object : no such directory or file.

[DirkS]

I would say that the most likely cause is a dodgy SD card.
Try doing a write / read test with an SD card tester. For Windows e.g. http://www.heise.de/download/h2testw.html

Or try using a different SD card.

[Snoekkie]

Hi Guys,

DirkS was right (dodgy SD) today I bought a new SD from SOS Solutions because they have their own branch SD cards. Because of the many trouble with raspberry pi and SD cards.

Did just a while a go the above mentioned procedure and my pi is running fine.

Everybody thanks for their time. In for a reimbursement.