Thomas Freedman

'because "themz the rulez" ' Hmmm... sounds wrong, but NOT saying it is. With a GNU tools like gparted which I've used zillions of times over the years, AND which...

I updated my OP, as it was missing a crucial NOT. Glad there were no trolls ready to pounce on that mistake! :) I've been looking for a native Linux...

Thanks everyone and especially you @lurch for the detailed info, including the note that the Pi can't boot GPT partitioned cards. Since now you've confirmed what I originally thought that...

I believe I'm pretty clear on the distinctions, tho more familiar with Lite as it only has 2 partitions. I don't recall looking at a Lite sd card after it...

I'll need to review gparted again with NOOBS and Lite installations both before and after booting to visualize the partitions. I reviewed the wiki on MBR, very detailed info there,...

Ahhhh, I grok you now @procount. And thx for the gparted pic, I haven't confirmed it here yet. It will be a bit different if only 1 OS, but the...

I created a MBR partition table and then created a 4GB FAT32 partition on it, leaving the rest unallocated. I copied NOOBS 3.0.0 over to it. When it booted in...

Not so fast - it timed out with a popup saying: "Raspian Full: Error mounting filesystem". I pulled the card and put it into my linux system. I can't take...

That is a mighty old utility. I would prefer the tool by RMPrepUSB, who I've corresponded with quite a bit. He's a developer that knows his stuff and creates some...

I'll be happy to do that testing, but it will be Sunday at the earliest. I just got a text that a dear friend is in intensive care ward and...