How do I install Octoprint on 64Gb microSD card?

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Hmm, they are known to work well.

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I did not think it was the card as two of them are brand new!!
Kev

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You may check these cards:

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-check-an-sd-card-for-errors

Even new cards can be faulty

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nothing untoward found!!

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I believe I have now installed octopi on the Pi 4 and it is showing on the router but I cannot log on to it in the web browser.
The IP info is 192.168.0.17 /24
Any ideas?

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Are you able to log in via ssh?

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No, I am unable to log in from my Mac using the SSH commands shown in many you tube videos and google searches!

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I guess there is also no output on hdmi?
We should try another flash tool.
Try it with the raspberry pi imager

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Hi there,

I'm a Windows user and had similiar problems with setting up Octoprint on a 64gb and higher SD card, so here's my experience

  1. I used an alternate imaging software (Windows: Win32 Disk Imager download | SourceForge.net, unfortunately no MAC version, trythe raspberry pi imager suggested)
  2. after imaging, the SD card will split into 2 partitions, one called BOOT (small capacity), and the rest is on another parition (which on Windows i cannot access).
  3. as i imaged several SD cards to test, i had a few cards stuck at #2. then i used this formatter SD Memory Card Formatter | SD Association to revert the card to the original state.

not sure if the above helps, but good luck!

I had problems with the balenaEtcher

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Hi Victaru,
I have also tried Atom and Notepad++ instead of BalenaEtcher but with same results!
I am stuck with the MAC at the moment but looking to get a Windows run installation soon to see if that works.
Cheers
Kev

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Hi PW
I am following your instructions and will update you asap.
thanks
Kev

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Sorry, but Atom and Notepad++ are text editors, BalenaEtcher is a flash program.

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Sorry my bad, got a bit confused their for a minute. :slight_smile:

I have tried BalenaEtcher and also the Raspberry Pi Imager to flash the cards and the other programs mentioned to edit the supplicant text part.
cheers
Kev

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do you have an ssh.txt file in the root? If no, it won't enable ssh.

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OctoPi usually comes with that file.

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Yes I believe that file was in the root

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Here is where you went wrong... The file 'ssh', NOT 'ssh.txt', should be in the BOOT partition, NOT the ROOT!

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If you have Raspbian running and want to install OctoPi on your already running Pi, I have a script that works flawlessly on a Pi3, you could try that on your Pi4.

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Wow, thanks a lot piadam, I would have been continually struggling with that if you had not told me!

I have not seen any mention of that difference in any YouTube videos or guides on google!!

I will make sure that it is in the boot partition.

What is the extension on this file and how is it created?

Thanks
Kev

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I dont have Rasbian running, I just installed it once to confirm the Pi 4 was not at fault. I don't have any other reason to run it really.

Cheers for the help
kev