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    2018 Update. Please Help!

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      squilliamfancy
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      Ok, I'm currently in class right now. I will do so once I get home. Also might be obvious but in the command line I only type what you put in white text correct? Or do I type the entire commands in orange and white text? Thank you.

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        mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
        last edited by mitu

        @squilliamfancy said in 2018 Update. Please Help!:

        Also might be obvious but in the command line I only type what you put in white text correct ?

        Yes, the other lines are just comments (# marks a commented line) and you don't have to type them.
        And you should be paying attention to your class teacher instead of posting on the internets.

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          squilliamfancy
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          Haha, thanks will do.

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            squilliamfancy
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            Ok so I follwed the steps and after the second line of text you gave I got a
            "fdisk: cannot open /dev/sda: No such file or directory"
            https://imgur.com/j2pRMrY
            What is this? What do I do now?

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              mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
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              @squilliamfancy You mis-typed the 1st command, dmesg | tail - the character in the middle is a vertical bar symbol, not an l (lowercase L) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_bar. Did you plug your USB stick in the Pi system before running the commands ?

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                squilliamfancy
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                Not the first time. I did it again now after plugging the usb before running the commands and still got the same "No such file or directory"

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                  squilliamfancy
                  last edited by

                  Ok so I tried again and got this.
                  https://imgur.com/QPSNSFY

                  Usage:
                  Fdisk [options] <disk> change partition table
                  Fdisk [options] -1 [<disk>] list partition table(s)
                  Options:
                  -b, --sector-size <size> physical and logical sector size
                  -c, --compatibility [=<mode>] mode is “dos” or “mandos” (default)
                  -L, --color[=<when>] colorize output [auto, always or never]
                  -l, --list display partitions end exit
                  -t,--type <type> recognize specified partition table type only
                  -u, --units[<units>] display units: ‘cylinders’ or ‘sectors’ (default)
                  -s,--getsz display device size in 51Z –lyte sectors [DEPRECATED]
                  -C,--cylinders <number> specify number of cylinders
                  -H,--heads <number> specify the number of heads
                  -S,--sectors <number> specify the number of sectors per track
                  -h,--help display this help and exit
                  -U, --version output version information and exit
                  For more details see fdisk(0).

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                    Clyde @squilliamfancy
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                    @squilliamfancy Seems like you mistyped the option -l. As I mentioned in my post above, it's the small letter L.

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                      squilliamfancy
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                      That's what I did. I got the text above from it ^

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                        clippercm @squilliamfancy
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                        @squilliamfancy You mistook a one for the lower case "l", that is clearly a "1" (one) that you typed in.

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                          squilliamfancy
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                          Ok I fixed it up now. I got this https://imgur.com/uVxm9CM
                          What now?

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                            squilliamfancy
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                            ^^Anyone?? I'm really trying to get this fixed.
                            Please help!!

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                              mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
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                              @squilliamfancy The image is very blurry and it's not clear which is the 1st device listed, seems like /dev/ram1 to /dev/ram18 ? You didn't post the result of the dmesg command, that will help identify why the USB doesn't appear at /dev/sda.

                              How are you connecting the USB stick ? Are you using a hub or directly plugged into the Pi ?

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                                squilliamfancy @mitu
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                                @mitu I have the usb plugged in directly to the pi and I'm having trouble figuring out what I'm supposed once I put the commands in

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                                  squilliamfancy @mitu
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                                  @mitu do you recommend getting a usb hub or is it fine just how I have it now

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
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                                    @squilliamfancy I don't know if an USB hub will solve your problem, since we don't know what the problem really is. Posting the dmesg messages with a more clearer picture would help.
                                    Just a though, can you get the SD card out of the PI, insert it into your PC - ignore the formatting offer from Windows - and copy the .zip file with the theme on the new boot partition that shows up. Put back the card, then the .zip file should be available in the /boot folder so you can continue installing it from there.

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                                      squilliamfancy
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                                      That would too complicated for me and I'm afraid of messing it up. I will try to get the desmg messages. Sorry, what command was it to access those messages?

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                                        mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
                                        last edited by mitu

                                        @squilliamfancy Forget the command. From the output of the dmesg command, it seems the USB stick has a strange formatting and this causes the mount command to fail.
                                        I'd advise to format the USB stick on your PC (see https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/format-large-hard-drive-fat-fat32/), so you're starting from a clear point. Copy the zip theme file on the newly formatted stick and try again to follow the original instructions.
                                        Make sure you save what you have now on the stick, since formatting it would erase everything on it.

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                                          squilliamfancy
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                                          Ok, so I formatted the usb. Here's the output of the dmesg command https://imgur.com/kAkClSv
                                          For the other command I got the same as last time https://imgur.com/uVxm9CM
                                          What now? Please help. I'm really trying to get this fixed. Please help!

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                                            mitu Global Moderator @squilliamfancy
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                                            @squilliamfancy What kind of USB stick are you using and how are you connecting it ? Looking at your recent dmesg output, the only USB device detected seems to be a Microsoft Transceiver - an USB dongle - there's no USB stick detected.

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