cabeco
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Only one OS option when installing noobs

Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:18 am

I have downloaded noobs v.1.5.0. on a Pi 2 b When I try to install I only get one OS option. I have tried installing with a wired internet connection, but no luck

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Re: Only one OS option when installing noobs

Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:32 am

cabeco wrote:I have downloaded noobs v.1.5.0. on a Pi 2 b When I try to install I only get one OS option. I have tried installing with a wired internet connection, but no luck
Since September 2014 only the latest Raspbian version has been offered by default.

You need to have an active Internet Connection via the Ethernet Cable to be offered more choices.
Rather than negativity think outside the box !
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cabeco
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Re: Only one OS option when installing noobs

Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:06 pm

I have tried using only wired connection,,but still only the Rasbian OS option

QuietZone
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Re: Only one OS option when installing noobs

Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:13 pm

cabeco wrote:I have tried using only wired connection,,but still only the Rasbian OS option
You'd have been better off if you had downloaded NOOBS Lite instead, for these two reasons:
  1. It is a much smaller download, so you'd have wasted a lot less time.
  2. You'd have known right away that there was a problem with your ethernet/internet connection, since without a working internet connection, NOOBS Lite has zero (not 1, but 0) available OSes to install.
The point is that with NOOBS Lite and a working internet connection, you do get the full menu of possible installation candidates. And this is how it should be.
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me." — Alice Roosevelt Longworth

cabeco
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Re: Only one OS option when installing noobs

Wed Jan 13, 2016 7:11 am

Thank you . I used noobs Lite and now I got all OS download options

QuietZone
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Re: Only one OS option when installing noobs

Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:42 am

cabeco wrote:Thank you . I used noobs Lite and now I got all OS download options
Yey! Good to hear!
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