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  1. mark tomlinson

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    Someone who gets an R2 I would like you to clone your SD card for the Pi (you will want to make a backup copy at any rate -- trust me) and let me get a copy :)

    Once you clone the image (Win32Disk Imager is a good tool) zip it up and we can work out a way to post it somewhere.
     
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    I will make a copy tomorrow morning how should I send it?
     
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    I will send you a private forum message with an spot to upload it.
     
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    It is a good thing to have a backup of regardless -- if anything ever happens to corrupt it you can reburn the image on a new SD card and recover that way. I have had to roll mine back once after a glitchy update.
     
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  5. Todd Wessendorf

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    I've got the software. How do I make the image from the SD Card? It seems to be asking for an image file instead of allowing me to make a new one . . .
     
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    With Win32Disk imager you tell it which drive letter is the drive the SD card is mounted on (D:, E:, whichever) and then type in a name for the image and click read. It will then create that image file on your disk.

    You really want to do this since it allows you to make a backup in case the SD card ever gets corrupted.
    If that happens you can do the reverse and read the image and write a new SD card :)
     
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  7. Todd Wessendorf

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    I figured it out. It's Reading and creating the img file now.
     
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    You wouldn't want to just exchange cards with folks at a whim since the machine name is on the Image and would need to be changed if reused, but for your own sake it is a really (REALLY) good idea.

    We have already had some C2 folks that had theirs die/crap out/get corrupted.

    They have minimized the changes between the RoboOS for both C2 and R2, but I want to do some comparisons to sort out what exactly they changed. It will help going forward.

    Thanks a lot!
     
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  9. Todd Wessendorf

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    If you send me a link, I can upload it.
     
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    I will loop you into the PM
     
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  11. Brandon Groves

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    Hey guys, I have an R2, I think the sd card has corrupted. Where can i find a link to download an image of it. Thanks
     
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    You need to contact Robo and they will take care of it for you.
     
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    Their support scripts for the phone folks now include two options:

    • We send you a new microSD card by mail. You then replace the microSD card inside your printer with this new one.
    • We send you a digital copy of the Robo operating system via email. You then rewrite the microSD card inside your printer with the digital copy we sent you. This step isn’t too difficult but it requires that you have a microSD card-reader for your computer and that you install a card-writing application, Etcher, on your computer.
     
  14. Brandon Groves

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    Awesome, Thanks alot
     
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    Worst case ping us back and we can run it up the chain :)
     
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    phone support was a bust.... The guy just told me he couldn't get me a link, and i would have to schedule an appointment, on the contact page. I have all the means to write an image to a micro sd card, i would just like to try an get it up and running again quickly, or at least rule out the possibility of the card being corrupt.
     
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    Maybe someone else on here has an R2 version of the RoboOS Sd card.
    I have the C2 version (and while I am not certain they are different the machine names have to be changed).

    I think @OutsourcedGuru had one made... not certain.
     
  18. colton81

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    Yea i would like to get a copy of one as well i want to try putting it on my C2 board since ive technically upgraded to a R2 version would like to see if it will even work.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
  19. Brandon Groves

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    Thanks again, I'll start a new thread to see if anyone has one.
     
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    @Todd Wessendorf Maybe Todd can post his?
     

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