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    Solved Can't start basic installation - 'sh: can't access tty' error

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    • juenter80
      juenter80 last edited by

      Hi all,

      I get the following error message:

      sh: can't access tty: job control turned off
      / #.

      I have a Raspi 2 Model B and exactly followed the installation notes. On another SD card with Retropie installed I can start and use the system without any problem. Installation is 4.0.0 Beta 4 (currently latest release - same happens with Beta 3)

      Any ideas?

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      • Substring
        Substring last edited by

        when do you get that message ? Noobs ? recalbox itself ?

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        • juenter80
          juenter80 last edited by

          Directly after initially starting the machine. Extracted downloaded files from .zip to formatted SD card, power on, raspi square appears and then this is the first screen. So I guess this is noobs.

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          • acris
            acris last edited by

            Do you format your microsd in fat32 ? as primary partition ? manufacter of microsd ? size 16 Gb ? 64 B ?

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            • juenter80
              juenter80 @acris last edited by

              @acris Yes, I used the SD Formatter tool for this. I tried with two SD cards, both 16GB. One is a Sandisk Ultra class 10, the other card (Transcend Premium 400x class 10) doesn't seem to be supported according to the compatibility list. Both do not work! All other USB items were removed so that only HDMI and power supply are attached. Must be something with the Raspi?!

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              • Substring
                Substring last edited by

                Do you have anything on the GPIO ? Could you try running raspbian or retropie if you still have them at hand. Looks like your pi is booting in safe mode

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                • juenter80
                  juenter80 @Substring last edited by

                  @subs The GPIOs are free. Retropie is running without any problem. I also saw other hints about jumpers on re(set). Tomorrow I will get a Raspi 3 and check if it works with this one...

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                  • acris
                    acris last edited by

                    Sd formatter on win 10 ? If yes, are your sure fat32 partition not exfat ?

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                    • juenter80
                      juenter80 @acris last edited by

                      @acris
                      0_1470651806192_FAT32.PNG

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                      • juenter80
                        juenter80 @acris last edited by

                        @acris Here is the card's content:

                        0_1470651868145_Content.PNG

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                        • Substring
                          Substring last edited by

                          can you try to remove disablesafemode from the recovery.cmdline ? It should be a regular (linux) text file, open with an approriate text editor that supports linux end line

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                          • juenter80
                            juenter80 @Substring last edited by

                            @subs The content of this file is as following:

                            "runinstaller quiet ramdisk_size=32768 root=/dev/ram0 init=/init vt.cur_default=1 elevator=deadline silentinstall"

                            Should I try to add this? -> "avoid_safe_mode=1"

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                              Substring last edited by

                              add disablesafemode right after silentinstall, before the double quote

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                              • juenter80
                                juenter80 @Substring last edited by

                                @subs That solved it, working now!!! Thanks, mate!

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                                • Substring
                                  Substring last edited by

                                  woot 🙂 topic solved 🙂

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