[Resolved] The Epitome Of Silly aka Trying To Flash Raspberry Pi OS
My laptop is having a tantrum and seems like it needs a hard-drive replacement. Not a major issue, I've been thinking about switching to a SFF Desktop for a while.
But the issue is, I have a brand new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W that I want to install PiHole on to.
So, I grab an old phone, LG G6 and install Etchdroid, download Raspberry Pi OS from the official website and the phone keeps having a tantrum and switching the SD card adapter to charging only. I try a second adapter, still no joy. So I think fuck it, maybe the phone is too old.
I grab a newer phone, Pixel 6 Pro and attempt the same thing again and encounter the same problem again. No matter what, I don't seem to be able to flash this OS from Android.
Anyone know of a way to get me over the finish line without me having to buy new hardware?
If your laptop is having a hard drive issue, booting from a live stick will bypass the hard drive and load the OS directly into RAM. From there you can use any Linux disk flash tool.
If that doesn't work you likely have a bad stick of ram. If you've got two sticks of ram in the laptop you can try popping out one and testing with just one and then the other.