Patchbox Gets Corrupted on First Boot (Raspberry Pi 4 8GB)

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I think it’d be safer to do it on an earlier system then Pi4 8GB, but it might work doing it on 8GB itself.

If anyone is in a pinch and only has a Pi 4 8GB handy, I can confirm that it works and can even work for a headless install

Again If you have an earlier Pi available I recommend androidhead’s instructions, but these worked for me in a pinch

  1. Flash an SD card with Patchbox OS

  2. Put the SD card into RPi 8GB and turn it on

  3. Log in via ssh (I did so via wifi to the Patchbox hotspot)

  4. Follow the config script as usual. If you are on Patchbox, you will need to switch to a wifi network that has internet access to download updates, but do not reboot. If you do accidentally, go back to step-1 and re-flash the card.

  5. Once you have internet access, run

    sudo apt install raspberrypi-kernel
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade

  6. If those install successfully, reboot your Pi and all should be good.

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