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| * //**Legacy Raspberry PI's**// | * //**Legacy Raspberry PI's**// |
| R-PI models **earlier** than the 3B are not supported. OMV8 requires a 64bit kernel and a 64bit userland which will not run on 32bit hardware. | 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. | Please do not post on [[https://forum.openmediavault.org/|OMV's forum]], expecting support for these models. |
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| To get started, a few utilities are needed to check the SD-card and install the Raspberry PI OS image. | To get started, a few utilities are needed to check the SD-card and install the Raspberry PI OS image. |
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| * 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. | * [[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. | * 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 ==== | ==== Format and Test Flash Media ==== |
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| 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. | 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. |