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--- docs_in_draft:omv8-raspberry_pi_install [2025/11/30 16:59] – crashtest
+++ docs_in_draft:omv8-raspberry_pi_install [2025/11/30 17:11] (current) – [Format and Test Flash Media] crashtest
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 ===== Supported Devices =====
-OMV7 will install on R-PI models 2B and higher.  However, in practical terms, the performance of the model 2B is marginal.\\
+OMV8 will install on R-PI models 3B and higher.  \\
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   * //**Legacy Raspberry PI's**//
-R-PI models **earlier** than the 2B and the R-PI Zero have not been tested and are not supported.  They are far too slow to run a NAS application.
+R-PI models **earlier** than the **3B** are not supported.  OMV8 requires a 64-bit kernel and a 64bit userland which will not run on 32-bit hardware.
 Please do not post on [[https://forum.openmediavault.org/|OMV's forum]], expecting support for these models.
-  * **Debian Trixie**
-**Debian Trixie** is not, currently, supported by OMV7.  Use Debian Bookworm, in accordance with the install procedure following.
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 To get started, a few utilities are needed to check the SD-card and install the Raspberry PI OS image.
-  * Raspberry PI OS images are installed using the Raspberry PI OS imager.  Download the appropriate imager -> [[https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/|here]]. (Imager downloads are at the bottom of the page.)  The Raspberry PI OS imager is installable on a Windows client.
+  * Raspberry PI OS images are installed using the Raspberry PI OS imager.  Download the appropriate imager -> [[https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/|here]].  The Raspberry PI OS imager is installable on a Windows client.  **Note:** Users who have a version of the R-PI imager, earlier than ver 2.X, will need to update to ver 2.X to install Debian Trixie.
   * [[https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter/index.html|SDformatter]] is a utility for formatting SD-cards that does a trim operation on flash media to clear remnants of old deleted files. SDformatter is installable on a Windows client.
   * Users will need a utility like [[https://www.7-zip.org/|7-Zip]] to decompress zip archives like the SD-card test program below.  7-Zip is installable on a Windows client.
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 ==== Format and Test Flash Media ====
+**$$$ Continue Here $$$$**
 Due to the rise in counterfeit media and media that reports a fake size, it’s recommended that all SD-cards or USB thumbdrives, new or used, be formatted with SDFormatter and tested with h2testw1.4 before using them.