What you are using sounds fine and you shouldn’t have to use etcher. But I’d suggest giving it a try since something isn’t working right.
There is an Etcher for Windows version available. It will format and burn the image to the SD card. Make sure you have the current (CU159 - aarch64) version and the Flash Version.
According to documentation by Armbian project, it is advisable to use Etcher, because it checks the write. This is particularly important for older cards, economy cards or those that have had much use.
Hi,
I have the exact same problem.
Just bought a new PI4 3 weeks ago, incl. SD-card “Scandisk 16GB SDHC U10”.
I used etcher to install the flash firmware and upon booting I got the same message in a loop.
Also tried another 16GB D card and even a 4GB SD card, but with the same result.
exact andree, same error like the one I’m facing.
And I gave a try also to etcher and with a different card reader and new SD… no way at all…
Anyhow… as I bought my RPI4 from Amazon warehouse (it is a refurbished article), I suspect that this copy has some issue inside.
Therefore, I will give it back to amazon and reorder a new one.
according to Jon… and to the wiki, aarch64 cu159 works …
which version of RPI4 do you own? mine is RPI4 8GB RAM.
I don’t think that 8GB ram is too much, I guess -
The download links on those pages end up doing redirects to the mirror, and I get a different mirror every time I try to download. The files compare the same, though.
D:\Downloads>dir core166
Volume in drive D is Big Disk
Volume Serial Number is 74BA-191B
D:\Downloads>comp ipfire-2.27.2gb-ext4.aarch64-full-core166.img-1.xz ipfire-2.27.2gb-ext4.aarch64-full-core166.img.xz
Comparing ipfire-2.27.2gb-ext4.aarch64-full-core166.img-1.xz and ipfire-2.27.2gb-ext4.aarch64-full-core166.img.xz…
Files compare OK
pi@pi64:~ $ cat /proc/cpuinfo | egrep -A3 Hardware
Hardware : BCM2835
Revision : d03114
Serial :
Model : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4
I checked your topic, and the post marked “Solved” mentions boot.cmd edits, but appears to be truncated. I’m not sure what edits you made to that file that helped. I already made the change to uEnv.txt .
My Pi EEPROM is already up to date - I ran the tool.
I just booted in a USB reader, and it works fine. Not sure why the internal SD slot does not work. But it’s still an issue even in the latest 166 flash build.
Once I used the USB microSD reader, I was then able to set it up with dual Realtek 2.5Gbps wired NICs, wireless disabled.
Unfortunately, my client, which is directly connected to the “Green” NIC and using a 10gig Aquantia NIC, is getting a max of 115 Mbps download speed in a speedtest . Is this the max I can expect on a Raspberry Pi 4B ? It seems low.
Same client gets 1400 Mbps download speed in speedtest when connected to the Comcast XB7 router, not going through IPfire.
If i had an rpi, i would try an alternate way like the following.
Installation :
Using aarch iso : burn to usb key
Prepare second usb key formatted as a drive ( 4 G. minimum)
Start rpi with those 2 usb keys in.
Install ipfire to formatted usb key as drive.
Once installation is completed. start ipfire on usb key.
Plug-in usb card reader with sd card once ipfire is up.
At the consol, identify device name & uuid number.
Poweroff ipfire.
Using linux live installer, open terminal as root, mount ipfire usb key + usb card reader.
Mv /all directory except /boot to card reader.
Chroot to ipfire
Modify fstab and grub.cfg with the device name and uuid acquired from ipfire.
Generate grub with new info.
Exit chroot
Unmount. reboot with usb key containing /boot and usb reader/sd card with / pluged in.