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i need help w pi imager and ssh, headless, oops, user error

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  • K Offline
    karsten13 @sdetweil
    last edited by Mar 30, 2025, 3:41 PM

    @sdetweil

    files should be in same directory as config.txt and cmdline.txt. Maybe the OS deletes them after initial reading? So you may have to look for this files before you insert the sd-card into the pi …

    example of user-data:

    [mm@pi4-argon efi]$ cat user-data
    #cloud-config
    hostname: pi4-argon
    manage_etc_hosts: true
    packages:
    - avahi-daemon
    apt:
      conf: |
        Acquire {
          Check-Date "false";
        };
    
    users:
    - name: mm
      groups: users,adm,dialout,audio,netdev,video,plugdev,cdrom,games,input,gpio,spi,i2c,render,sudo
      shell: /bin/bash
      lock_passwd: false
      passwd: $5$wEw...
      ssh_authorized_keys:
        - ssh-rsa AAAA...
      sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
    
    
    timezone: Europe/Berlin
    keyboard:
      model: pc105
      layout: "de"
    

    example of network-.con:

    [mm@pi4-argon efi]$ cat network-.con
    version: 2
    wifis:
      renderer: networkd
      wlan0:
        dhcp4: true
        optional: true
        access-points:
          "k13":
            password: "cbd..."
    
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      sdetweil @karsten13
      last edited by sdetweil Mar 30, 2025, 3:54 PM Mar 30, 2025, 3:52 PM

      @karsten13 nope, right after flash, those files are not there.
      the firstrun and cmdline.txt have todays date, I am showing hidden files (if any)

      IMG_0894.jpeg

      Sam

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        sdetweil @sdetweil
        last edited by sdetweil Mar 30, 2025, 6:33 PM Mar 30, 2025, 4:11 PM

        well then…

        turns out the pi5 I picked to bring with me has the nvme hat on, and boots to the nvme drive, NOT the sd card…doah!!..

        after some thinking, I found the right user/pw combo…

        never mind…

        BUT that explains why the sd card wasn’t used!!

        Sam

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        K 1 Reply Last reply Mar 30, 2025, 4:16 PM Reply Quote 0
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          karsten13 @sdetweil
          last edited by Mar 30, 2025, 4:16 PM

          @sdetweil

          and I learned more about pi imager, the stuff it writes seems to depend on the OS, with my examples above I used fedora, now looking at a raspian pi os lite I don’t see the files.

          There now is a userconf.txt with only user/password …

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            sdetweil @karsten13
            last edited by Mar 30, 2025, 4:22 PM

            @karsten13 I don’t see that at all on bookworm full

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              rkorell @sdetweil
              last edited by rkorell Apr 1, 2025, 11:58 AM Apr 1, 2025, 11:54 AM

              @sdetweil said

              I am not a system setup guy.

              Dear Sam,
              you may aware of this - than please ignore it…

              You’ve described that you have put a SD card in your NVME-HAT’ed Pi and your Pi has not booted from SD but from NVME…

              You can steer this with the BOOT_ORDER entry in eeprom configuration.
              This code is read right to left to determine the boot order and should (in your case) be: 0xf461:

              1 = Check SD card
              6 = Check PCIe NVME
              4 = Check USB drive
              f = Start again

              You can check this:

              sudo rpi-eeprom-config
              

              If boot order is not as desired you can edit this with

              sudo -E rpi-eeprom-config --edit
              
              enter or modify to:
              BOOT_ORDER=0xf461
              
              

              (In my configuration this opens the nano editor in which ctrl-O writes the changes to disk and ctrl-X leaves the editor.
              eeprom-config then modifies the system and a reboot is neccessary)

              With this configuration you will lose a tiny bit of time for the SD-card check but it enables you to insert a SD card and boot from there despite the NVME is connected as well.

              Regards,
              Ralf

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                sdetweil @rkorell
                last edited by Apr 1, 2025, 12:01 PM

                @rkorell thanks. i had clearly set the boot order wrong.

                Sam

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                  rkorell @sdetweil
                  last edited by rkorell Apr 1, 2025, 12:02 PM Apr 1, 2025, 12:02 PM

                  @sdetweil This is a single error :-)
                  try to count mine - you will win ! :-)

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                    sdetweil @rkorell
                    last edited by Apr 1, 2025, 12:04 PM

                    @rkorell this is not a contest. if we all work together things will always improve

                    Sam

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                    R 1 Reply Last reply Apr 1, 2025, 12:12 PM Reply Quote 0
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                      rkorell @sdetweil
                      last edited by Apr 1, 2025, 12:12 PM

                      @sdetweil you’re absolutely true!

                      • just kidding !

                      Ralf

                      S 1 Reply Last reply Apr 1, 2025, 12:17 PM Reply Quote 0
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