>>> UPDATE: Issue Resolved <<<
I have been working at this for a while and can't figure out why it's not booting. Here's what I am doing:
1) Write the image (generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large.img) to your SD card using WinImage (Windows 7).
SanDisk microSDHC 8GB class4
WinImage error message:
the current image format is not supported by the disk drive E:
it will be resized
disck is not empty, all data on your disk will be lost
do you want to continue?
2) eject and then re-insert the uSD card into computer.
3) Copy the nightly file (update-encore-20120220.zip) to SD card
4) unmount the uSD card and insert it into the nook.
5) press power button (or N button), boots to Nook-OS
trying to follow these instructions...
[UNOFFICIAL][ICS][NIGHTLIES] CM9/ICS Nightly Builds
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22029718&highlight=format#post22029718
[ROM][CM7] [v1.3] Size-agnostic SD Card image and CM7 installer for SD Cards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I'm not totally sure about the way you are going about it. I did that method once about 9 months ago, and just can't remember the details. However, I would recommend trying racks triple boot sd card method. It burns CM7 and CM9 (ICS) onto the SD card, and leaves EMMC alone. It was pretty simple, and you'll have the ability to choose which to boot into. The CM7 is super stable, and will work as your daily driver. The CM9 has a few things that still need to be worked out, but I've actually been using it more than the CM7. Here's the link to that method;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448186
andog said:
I have been working at this for a while and can't figure out why it's not booting. Here's what I am doing:
1) Write the image (generic-sdcard-v1.3-ICS-large.img) to your SD card using WinImage (Windows 7).
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I'd use Win32DiskImager for step 1. Plus use a real USB SD card adapter. If you are using an SD card slot built into the computer that is likely to be why you are not getting a bootable card.
I was having the same issue and using win32diskimager did it for me. Thanks!
SD card format required
This memory card is unrecognized and needs to be formatted. [Cancel] [Format Now]
it sure looks like you have been skipping the same step from your two posts. If you're asking, yeah, go ahead and format the disk before burning the image. You will lose whatever is on the disk, that is what the error is saying.
It is a warning and is double checking before it continues. Not really an error, per se.
Thanks crapid, I will try that next.
Thanks bobtidey, I have ordered a Transcend TS-RDP5K USB 2.0 Card Reader and see if that helps next time. But I think Win32DiskImager did the trick. I loaded Win32DiskImager and it wrote to the microSD card. I booted the Nook and it loaded (second time) and installed ICS!
BTW: I think noobs need a Sticky Thread on How To Boot the Nook Color.
And apparently there are restrictions on noobs posting into their own threads. Which is why my last post was incomplete, sorry.
Thanks for all the help.
andog said:
Thanks bobtidey, I have ordered a Transcend TS-RDP5K USB 2.0 Card Reader and see if that helps next time. But I think Win32DiskImager did the trick. I loaded Win32DiskImager and it wrote to the microSD card. I booted the Nook and it loaded (second time) and installed ICS!
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Good to hear your progressing. The advice about using a real USB card reader is because some SD card media slots built into computers seem to have issues creating bootable cards. Some work, some don't. Also applies to writing the SD image via a phone/tablet connected by USB to the computer. Some models will work, others cause problems. Of all the methods vanilla USB readers seem to be problem free in this area.
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For some reason, I've put clockworkmod on my device and always use it to flash.
I have a 16gb Sandisk memory card, which at first worked fine with it.
All of a sudden, a Gingerbread ROM claimed the card to be corrupt?! So, I used Gingerbread to format.
Tried to do an update, and now the card isn't recognised by the A2SD setting of MAGDLR 1.1. I have to use a 4gb to flash now.
I tried formatting the 16gb card in windows (fat 32, 32k sizes), reapply the cwkmd files to the card, but still, MAGDLR won't load it.
Any ideas :-/
jonboyuk said:
For some reason, I've put clockworkmod on my device and always use it to flash.
I have a 16gb Sandisk memory card, which at first worked fine with it.
All of a sudden, a Gingerbread ROM claimed the card to be corrupt?! So, I used Gingerbread to format.
Tried to do an update, and now the card isn't recognised by the A2SD setting of MAGDLR 1.1. I have to use a 4gb to flash now.
I tried formatting the 16gb card in windows (fat 32, 32k sizes), reapply the cwkmd files to the card, but still, MAGDLR won't load it.
Any ideas :-/
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Did you do a quick format or a full format? If Quick, plz do a full, and try again.
Also, don't use the right-click format method. Go into disk management and do it there. Not promising anything - it's just better.
I found a bug in MAGLDR in my case. It would try and load CWM by K:\Recov\zImage then would write S and boot back to MAGLDR main menu. So here's what I did:
- Boot MAGLDR
- Click Load AD SD (Fails)
- Remove SD card while booted
- Click Load AD SD (fails again obviously)
- Put SD back in
- Click Load AD SD (Works)
Try that. Seems like an MAGLDR bug to be honest, because after setting the SD path, you can't edit it again... Even after flashing MAGLDR back to the phone (I've tried). I guess flashing stock WinMo then flashing back MAGLDR could fix the issue, but I haven't bothered.
I seldom have problems with MicroSD Cards, then again, I usually tend to buy Class 2 MicroSD cards that perform higher than Class 2 in terms of sequential writes. So, my MicroSD card writes at 7.x MB/s although it is a Class 2.
Anyways, try using a WIPE application, something that ZEROES out the whole card. Like the SD Formatter 3.0 (Beta) for SD/SDHC/SDXC. For me, I prefer to use [email protected] Disk.
Once the card is ZEROED out, just use your GParted to Partition it, if you need to. If not, just do a full format in Windows.
Ultimate Boot CD is an ISO which has a USB Script. So you just extract the ISO, then run the CD2USB script to make a bootable USB Flash Drive with a lot of useful tools.
LiFE1688 said:
Anyways, try using a WIPE application, something that ZEROES out the whole card. Like the SD Formatter 3.0 (Beta) for SD/SDHC/SDXC. For me, I prefer to use [email protected] Disk.
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I had the same issue - 8GB MicroSD. Tried manual formatting, re-setting the card TNA. [email protected] Disk did not work either, but SD Formatter 3.0 worked perfectly!
Thanks a lot for this tip!
There are a few steps you can try to get your card working again.
1 - Full format, I know it has been mentioned but it is surprising how much a full format can help
2 - Try a non Microsoft tool like 'Panasonic SD Formatter', google it. I wipes out any partitions as well.
3 - 'Partition Wizard' for Windows. This is a great alternative to Gparted but for Windows and free.
4 - If all these fail, then it dont hurt to try Gparted, I dont see it will help but you never know.
All of those failing and it is a new card, get a refund.
I recently bought a 16GB from Ebay and they sent refund without even asking for the card back so I know you can get some dodgy Micro SD Cards.
Good luck
Yep - the Panasonic SD formatter fixed it using a Full 0's write! Many thanks to all.
update your magldr to 1.12 and try it it worked for me using 16gb class 2
YOU MIGHT want to RESET your device in NAND
that could also help when troubles arrive
nokn956120 said:
There are a few steps you can try to get your card working again.
1 - Full format, I know it has been mentioned but it is surprising how much a full format can help
2 - Try a non Microsoft tool like 'Panasonic SD Formatter', google it. I wipes out any partitions as well.
3 - 'Partition Wizard' for Windows. This is a great alternative to Gparted but for Windows and free.
4 - If all these fail, then it dont hurt to try Gparted, I dont see it will help but you never know.
All of those failing and it is a new card, get a refund.
I recently bought a 16GB from Ebay and they sent refund without even asking for the card back so I know you can get some dodgy Micro SD Cards.
Good luck
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I had a problem getting CWM to load also. It finally worked once I deleted the volume name and reformatted.
Hi there. I'm new here and have been trying to absorb as much info as I can and learn. I've been trying to follow the verygreen guide to create a bootable SD card. However there's a step there that's not working as written.
The guide says to eject the SD card once the generic*.img has been imaged to the SD card and then re-insert it into the computer. The following step is to copy the ROM that I want to use (either the 7.1 beta or nightly). The problem I'm having is that when I go to re-insert the SD card, nothing pops up in My Computer.
Did I do something wrong?
Thanks very much in advance,
fuul4nook
P.S. This is a Kingston 4GB class 4 card that was connected to the PC with a USB adapter.
You may have... I managed to kill one making images and using them in my nook. If you know what drive its going into when you insert it try to format it and start over. If it doesn't format, you're screwed. If it does, just do the whole card image thing over again.
What you can try is pop-it into either your Nook or another Android device and try to format it through there.
I've had many instances where Windows would just not recongnize and SD card and the above at least put it back to its initial state.
Thanks for the responses. I was able to mount the SD card on another computer and on a Linux desktop, but my own refused to bring up the drive letter. I ultimately did as you guys suggested and reformatted the card on a different machine and started over.
Appreciate the help!
*updated/Fixed*
Hey all, So i am a long time lurker of this forum and also the Nexus One and G1 forum for a long time. So i am at work, and decided i wanted to update my nook SD install from the 6.1 date: 5/5 versions. So i downloaded the updated version, then proceeded to clear my SD card of the partitions and reformat to have a clean start. no when ever i try to write the .img of Dualboot Phiremod / Honeycomb, it tells me there isn't enough storage for the data. My SD card has 7.41 gb open and the file is only 3.5gb. Now this could be cause by the card reader in my work laptop, or any other factor, and as soon as i get home i will be trying the pc i used last time and for most of my rom writing. I have tried many image writers, partition erasers, etc so i don't believe those to be the problem. I also put the sd card on my mac mini and did a reformat there, and then moved back to pc to write...no dice. so i am in a spot where i am stuck until i get home, but thought i would get this up in case i did fix then i can post what i did to help other who may run into this problem. anyone have any ideas?
using Nook Color, Transcend 8gb Class 6 MicroSD.
formats were done on new Mac Mini, Thinkpad T410.
programs used: WinImage(although not good with it), Win32DiskImager, SDFormatter, EASEUS Partitioner, along with windows/mac built in tools.
I was running - ph-hc-dualboot-sd.img.zip version 6.1/HCv4
updating to - ph-hc-dualboot-sd-v0.2.img.zip - Phiremod 6.2 and Madcat's Honeycomb Hybrid-RC1
Again any help would be appreciated, but also if i figure this out i will be reposting my answer/fix. Sorry for the wall of text but i wanted to give all the details. Thanks!
*****UPDATE/FIX*****
So it turns out that some card readers must not handle the size of cards the same. I was able to write the image just fine once on an external SD card reader. So if you have some strange issues writing the image, try a different Card Reader.
Hi, I have a nook color and an 8gb SD card. I've followed the posts to get winimage to write the generic-sdcard-v1.3.img written to my card and installed on my nook. However, when I shutdown the nook and put the SD back in my PC, there is no \Boot partition, and windows(xp) says the card is not formatted. What on earth am I doing wrong??
Thanks.
D
Put it back in the Nook after you have booted into CM7 and format it with the Nook. If you have a camera that takes micro SDHC cards you can probably format it with that as well but will probably want to delete any folders the camera creates later.
Well of course! How stupid am I?? Jeesh! THanks.
OK maybe I'm just missing something big.
After I install the SD card in the Nook with the CM7 upadate on it, the SDCard is modified such that when I remove it, the PC no longer recognizes the format. I get the card in my list of drives, but when selected it says "not formatted" If I choose format, it wipes the card and I can't boot to CM7 from it any more. I can't find a format option on the Bare CM7 image - just erase SD card -which still leaves it in a format that the PC can'd read to put the gapps on.
help??
Logical thinking, dr. wambo.
you have drive C which you install Windows OS on it, and then you format it, what do you expect?
In your case, "boot" MUST be there in order to work, if you format the card, it's gone for good. Question is why you format it after creating it?
votinh said:
Logical thinking, dr. wambo.
you have drive C which you install Windows OS on it, and then you format it, what do you expect?
In your case, "boot" MUST be there in order to work, if you format the card, it's gone for good. Question is why you format it after creating it?
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Understood. My issue is that after I put the SD card into the Nook and boot the nook, it apparently reformats the SD card such that when I put it back in the PC, I can SEE that the card exists, but no files on it. If I check properties, it shows no free space on the disk (and none used for that matter.) So, I am unable to copy the gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip file to the SD and restart the nook.
See?
A simple question, do you see the "boot" when your plug the card into your PC (running Windows)?
votinh said:
A simple question, do you see the "boot" when your plug the card into your PC (running Windows)?
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I do not. Windows explorer shows an SD card in the list, but when selected, it says the card is not formatted.
Card seems to boot fine in the Nook. I must be doing something really dumb. I was able to install honyecomb successfully using this card, but wanted the functionality of CM7. Darn, this just shouldn't be that hard.
Wait, if the card still "seems to boot fine in the Nook" then it means the "boot" is still there, it just Windows not seeing it.
On PC side, try to insertion and removal a few times and see what happens.
If completely nothing, switch to other Windows PC OR if you have the USB-SD adapter, use it.
votinh said:
Wait, if the card still "seems to boot fine in the Nook" then it means the "boot" is still there, it just Windows not seeing it.
On PC side, try to insertion and removal a few times and see what happens.
If completely nothing, switch to other Windows PC OR if you have the USB-SD adapter, use it.
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I should mention that the nook boots fine off the card provided I don't Format it in the Windows box.
Have removed and reinserted the card multiple times into the Win (xp) box. No Joy. Tried a different machine and got exactly the same results.
This just can't be that hard!!
Are you using Windows PC or Linux?
Worst case, reinstall
Windows PC running. XP sp2. ADDITIONAL NOTE. After I winimage the SD card with the generic image, I do indeed have a \root partition. Once I insert it in the Nook and let it boot, shutdown, and I reboot, CM7 is installed and running from the card, but when I put it in the PC, the \root partition is no longer there.
Additional info. I've now tried this on 2 different SD cards and they both do the same thing.
Not sure if you're still having problems, but it's normal for Windows not to be able read the entire SD card after it's been imaged for CM7. There are I believe 4 partitions and it will generally only see the 1st (/boot). Additionally, it will sometimes only read correctly when using a USB card reader, rather than putting the uSD card into a built-in card reader in your PC (not sure why). Hope this helps.
Interesting...perhaps that's the problem. I'm using the internal SD reader on my laptop. I'll run out and get a USB reader and see if that helps.
THanks.
D
Hi all. So I'm pretty new to this whole nook color thing. I have been trying to follow the instructions to install CM7 to a microsd card (Sandisk, class 4, 4gb) but I don't seem to be having much success, as I'm getting a strange error when the install process is being run.
Here's what I've done:
1. Put microsd card into adapter and insert into the card reader in my laptop. Write the generic SD image to the card with winimage32
2. Re-size the boot partition from ~100mb to 1.5gb using Easus partition master.
3. Paste over the update-cm-7.1.0-encore-signed.zip file.
4. Eject card, remove from computer
5. insert microsd card into NC. Start up. I get a "...loading" without the CM logo, and then it starts to run through the install. During the install, I frequently get this error:
I/O error, dev mmcb1k1, sector [x] where [x] represents a bunch of different sectors (seriously it scrolls through a huge list)
I also sometimes see:
mmcb1k1, error -110 transferring data
It does a lot of inflating of files, gives me more of those errors, does some more inflating, and eventually concludes the install and shuts down the NC.
When I start the NC again I get the cyanogen logo, with "...loading," the screen briefly flashes, and then nothing. The NC screen is on, but it doesn't display anything.
So what am I doing wrong?? I'm very confused at this point.
I believe this is not your fault. (You are certainly not alone)
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297738.
Try again using an old Class-2 uSDHC card. If it is not marked, it is class-2.
If that works please let us know.
I'm going to try installing one more time, then run out to Microcenter to pick up a replacement card. Any suggestion on how I identify a class-2 card that would work to pick up?
PNY 2GB with no class marking from Sears worked for me.
On the back of the packaging above the bar code P-SDU2GB-EF
HTH
hmlee said:
Hi all. So I'm pretty new to this whole nook color thing. I have been trying to follow the instructions to install CM7 to a microsd card (Sandisk, class 4, 4gb) but I don't seem to be having much success, as I'm getting a strange error when the install process is being run.
Here's what I've done:
1. Put microsd card into adapter and insert into the card reader in my laptop. Write the generic SD image to the card with winimage32
Get a usb adapter for writing to your microsd. I was having all kinds of errors
with new sandisk cards using the same method you are, then after changing to the
usb adapter they all are working.
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Sooo I went to Microcenter and bought an unmarked Sandisk 2gb card (I'm assuming its class 2, though I don't know for sure). Installed CM7 on the first try. I'm not sure what is going on with the Sandisk class 4 4gb card, but I think there's an issue with it...
Excellent news.
You might be interested to know that I have just managed to clone 7.1.0 Release onto a SanDisk 4GB - see the related thread mentioned above for details.
Thanks for the update
a. Completely reformat your 4GB uSD.
b. Redo step 1 above with Win32DiskImager, using old version.
c. You can ignore your step 2 above.
d. Follow your steps