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[Q] Stuck at blue android_ booting froyo 0.6.8 from SD

I just got my "new" nook and tried to boot Froyo 0.6.8 from an SD card. It just gets stuck at the blue ANDROID_ screen. I tried Froyo 0.6.7 and redoing 0.6.8 but it never got past ANDROID_. I'm using a new Transcend 4GB class 6 card. I first tried writing it using WinImage and my laptop's built in card reader, but when that card didn't boot I tried using a USB card reader and Win32diskimager. The Nook came with 1.1 on it and I haven't done anything to the internal rom.
Any ideas? How long should it stay on the Android_ screen if its working?

Did you figure this out?

This sounds like the classic failure described with 16GB cards on multiple threads. There's a nice consolidated thread on cards that are known to work. I'd check that. I have froyo working beuatifully on an 8Gb class6 transcend card.
Most likely you have some glitch on the card. I would do a complete deep wipe of the card (e.g. using SDformatter, all options). Then reflash with win32diskimager, then expand the SDcard partition with EASUS
it should boot in a couple of minutes tops the first time round.

I looked at those threads about cards before I bought one and the Transcend 4gb, class 6 I got is one that seemed to work.
I haven't been able to get the nook to boot off any card. I tried doing the format suggested and tried another 1gb PNY card with the bootable clockwork. I've tried writing with the internal SD writer in my laptop and with a Kodak (sakar) usb writer and with Win32DiskImager and WinImage.
I suppose the USB writer I have might not be good, but I don't want to get another one without knowing its one that works. So far I don't know whether the problem is with the cards I'm writing or for some reason this nook won't boot off SD card.
Thanks for the suggestions.

I probably had a flaky 4gb card. Now it won't format or write whatever I do.

dumb Q, but is the 1gb card you ahve also flaky now too... in which case it might well be the reader?
Will your nook stock OS read the SD card? (e.g. throw some photos ont here and see if the nook will show them) that way eliminate the nook.
There's some older threads that suggest first formatting the SD card with the nook stock OS, but I've never needed to do that.
I'd persevere - there's definately some plusses of froyo over the rooted B&N (especially if you use adhoc networks a lot), and you absolutely need nookie froyo as a backup incase you fry something when you take the plunge to CM7 (which is phenomenal, despite being so early in its release)

The 1gb I borrowed seems ok. I managed to boot a card with a bootable clockwork on it. I didn't do anything to Nook stock OS yet. I want to be clear that I can recover if I do first. I did get another reader, but I think it was probably the card. I wasn't able to boot of the 1gb at first because I was making a mistake in unzipping the .tar.gz files.
Do you have any pointers of where to find out about how to use Clockwork recovery?

I am using 0.6.7 on a 8gb class 6 Transcend... it's working great, no issues with booting.

[Q] Booting Nookie Froyo from sd card

alright so i rooted out my nook color and now i would like to get NOOKIE FROYO 2.2 on my device. I have read everything but there is one question that i have that no one seems to put out there. And yes i am new to rooting etc. but rooting was damn easy and looks like loading nookie froyo to sd card is just as easy.
Question (probably dumb) is running the bootable sd card on my already rooted nooko color alright?
2) and it is really as simple as writing the nookie froyo image to the sd card plugging it into the nook and rebooting that simple?

orphancow said:
alright so i rooted out my nook color and now i would like to get NOOKIE FROYO 2.2 on my device. I have read everything but there is one question that i have that no one seems to put out there. And yes i am new to rooting etc. but rooting was damn easy and looks like loading nookie froyo to sd card is just as easy.
Question (probably dumb) is running the bootable sd card on my already rooted nooko color alright?
2) and it is really as simple as writing the nookie froyo image to the sd card plugging it into the nook and rebooting that simple?
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1, as far as I know running roms off sd card is very safe, rooted or not rooted.
2, Yes... burn nookie froyo on sd card then turn on NC.

Yes, running from the SD card is safe.
I second what Pinoy8125 wrote.
1. Running off the SD card is safe and easy even with your interal memory being rooted. Look at it this way, you can try different images just by swapping different sd cards. Try the 6.8, 6.7, HC, etc.
2. Yep, just burn the image onto the SD card. Expand the 4th partition if the image size and the card size differ. This will allow you to recover the lost space. Turn on the Nook and see what you go.
I am getting very nice performance running Froyo 6.8 off of the SD card. I ran into micro sdhc compatibility issues which caused booting as well as performance issues. I have another thread out there on this issues. Awaiting people's feedback on this.
Pinoy8125 said:
1, as far as I know running roms off sd card is very safe, rooted or not rooted.
2, Yes... burn nookie froyo on sd card then turn on NC.
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dd: unknown operand bs-1m
keep getting this when i get done putting in the last command in my macbook terminal
Any ideas?

or getting: no such file or directory found

"2. Yep, just burn the image onto the SD card. Expand the 4th partition if the image size and the card size differ. This will allow you to recover the lost space. Turn on the Nook and see what you go."
Now... I need help...how to go about expanding the 4th partition to recover lost space? I don't have a single idea on how to do this. Please explain it in details

[Q] Unable to boot off of bootable CWM SD Card

I formatted and re-imaged my nook today from 1.0.1 Rooted to stock.
I then manually updated to 2.1 for flash capability.
Now I want my Root back.
For some reason the NOOK won't boot off of the SD Card anymore, it just ignores it until it's booted and I can see the files on the SD card.
I've imaged my SD Card with multiple versions of CWM, shut off my nook, inserted the SD card and plugged in a USB cable to initiate the process.
Is it possible that it requires the "Nook" USB cable to start the boot off of SD Card process or will the cable for my Droid Incredible work as well?
It's the only thing i can think of at this point that is causing the problem.
I won't get my nook cable till tomorrow so i can't test it.
Thanks,
Turmith

You don't need the cable to boot off the sd card, all the cable does is turn the thing on.
You are probably not flashing your card right, it's not simply a matter of copying files over, there is data that needs to be put on the card that isn't part of the files you can see.
If you are using an old nooter or autonooter card, it's probably corrupted or something. You don't want to use those old rooting processes anyhow.
The rooting process is also different now than in previous releases. You should do some reading on how to make a bootable cwm card and what the new rooting process for 1.2 is.

Thanks,
I believe you are right, the sd card isn't being flashed correctly.
I tried following the instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054027
Still got the issue where the nook would completely ignore the sdcard yet read it once it was booted.
So i tried formatting the sdcard with my Droid Incredible, then flashed it using windiskimger using the instructions provided in the link above.
Now when i try to boot off the card i get a blank black screen(never gets to "Read Forever" screen.
I have to remove SD Card, hold power button in(10 sec), release and then hold Power button in again(10 Sec) to get the nook to boot back into 1.2
I'm considering doing the 8 failed boot thing and seeing if it will restore 1.0.0 or something at this point.
Any suggestions?

Well that's progress ;-) at least it's trying to boot from the sd card now even if it's not succeeding.
are you using your droid as a uSD adapter for your computer, or do you have a dedicated uSD reader? that might be your problem. I'd try using a separate card reader.
You can get something like this basically anywhere for under $10. Try target/walmart/kmart/staples or like i said basically anywhere ;-)
I don't use windows for flashing but i've noticed some people saying they have luck with some programs for flashing more than others, try reading around, maybe you'll find an alternative to windiskimager that works better for you.
P.S. Formatting before flashing doesn't do anything at all. The flash should erase anything on the card and replace it exactly with the contents of the image you are flashing, regardless of whether it's freshly formatted or filled with 10 years of irreplaceable photographs

I'm not so sure it's the sdcard reader(which is internal to my Dell Laptop)
I switched from a 8gb sd card to a 2gb sd card(to make sure the SD card wasn't causing a problem) and pulled down a SD version of Nookie Froyo 2gb(to make sure CWM wasn't the issue either) just to see if i could get the thing to boot.
Same thing as occurred again.
It's become apparent that Winimage is either not doing it's job or I've somehow miss-configured the thing to not work correctly.
Winimage seems to only be writing one partition to the sdcard. In addition the Nook won't even attempt to boot off the sd card unless it's been formatted by either the nook or my droid prior to imaging. To me this indicates winimage isn't actually writing a image as much as it is copying files(and only the 1st partition at that).
Next step is to Uninstall Winimage, removing an left over configuration files and re-installing. If that doesn't work I'm going to try switching computers.
If that doesn't work then i'm going to look for a new Imaging program.
If anyone has any insight, it'd be welcome.

Well I can officially state my opinion that WinImage sucks...
I downloaded WinDiskImage and within 5 minutes I had my Nook 2.1 Rooted.
Thanks for your help.

[Q] Nook 1.2.0 with 1g not allowing boot from sd card

I have a new 1.2.0 nook color that is preventing me from booting from sd. Tried multiple manual nooter images. The symptom I face is the system does not boot atall, no display, nothing when I have the microsd that is a boot image in the slot. If I take out the microsd, after a few attempts it powers on. With the sd in place, it just does not power up. Tried pressing power, connecting to pc, connecting to power from the wall, all behave the same. It looks like Barnes and Noble went out of their way to block using nook to its full potential . Anyone work around this issue? I have read some of the other posts already, but it seems this problem is happening with only the most recent versions out there.
I can use the same micro sd fine with regular files. if there is a bootable image it stops booting. It looks like the firmware is checking the sd and if there is a boot image there, just suspending the device. Any help will be appreciated. I want to keep the original os on the nook, but need the flexibility of having another android install on a sd.

Maybe an obvious question, have you tried the latest clockworkmod recovery (3.0.2.8) as a bootable image on your sd card? I would first try if you can boot into recovery from the sd card before adding manual nooter into the mix. Manual Nooter is *not* a bootable image.
If all of this is old news for you, ignore my post.
Good luck with your new Nook Color.

Tried multiple versions including 3.0.2.8.
On your recommendation, tried just a bootable disk. That did not work either. I just cannot turn it on. No display at all.. I can only boot it up again if I remove the micro sd card. I tried the 8 gb image first then trying 1 gb image file nookdev-clockwork-0.7 on an 8 gb card then copying the uImage and uRamdisk files. Any problems with this approach? I am fairly new to nook/android, but tech savvy..

Have you tried different models/sizes of uSD cards? How about trying different software, card readers, or PCs to write the IMGs to the cards? At the bare minimum those should be attempted before blaming the Nook.

here is why I thought it may be a nook issue. I may be wrong, but here is the logic. I created the boot disk with win32diskimager-RELEASE-0.3-r27-binary. I can put the same card into the nook when it is already booted and can read these files. When i do this, the nook is creating the standard folders in addition to these files. So I am assuming that the card, writing software, etc may not be the issue since the nook is able to read. Is this assumption wrong? I don't have other size cards handy. I will order some and try in a few days. Meanwhile, if anyone else is facing this issue, please weigh in. Experts, please suggest if I can try something else.

nandsaa said:
On your recommendation, tried just a bootable disk. That did not work either. I just cannot turn it on. No display at all.. I can only boot it up again if I remove the micro sd card. I tried the 8 gb image first then trying 1 gb image file nookdev-clockwork-0.7 on an 8 gb card then copying the uImage and uRamdisk files. Any problems with this approach? I am fairly new to nook/android, but tech savvy..
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There is an image for a bootable SD with CWM and the correct uImage and uRamdisk files (thanks to DizzyDen). That may be your problem. The SC card you created while it has the correct file structure may not have the correct boot information.

Yeah it's been my experience that the NC is more particular about what it will boot off of vs. what it will read from in normal use. Plenty of posts about this but in general you'll find most Sandisks just work so if you pick one up or borrow a card, try to get a Sandisk just to be on the safe side. Since no one else seems to be having the problem, I suspect it's probably just a card the NC doesn't like or a mostly good card with a bad sector in the wrong place.

Thanks a lot! I used the 2gb image and was able to do it with a 2gb card and 2gb_clockwork-3.0.2.8.rar file.

[Q] I/O errors with cm7 on sd card

I followed the instructions to put cm7 on a sd card and everything installed and worked well but things loaded a little slow. I bought a couple sandisk class 4 cards for mine and a friends nook because those are supposed to be better. well I cant get it to work now! the old card still works but when i insert the new sandisk and the penguin starts loading i get a bunch of i/o errors and the cm7 logo ends up looping and never loads up. ive searched for a while. any help is appreciated.

Sounds like your card got corrupted for some reason. Consider flashing a nandroid and just redoing everything.

thanks for the reply. I dont quite know what that advice means. haha

well, that means, if you have backed up your card somehow, you're going to have to reinstall everything and flash back your entire system.
Considering that you are on a SD card system, there are only 2 ways you could have done this back up, 1 is a full on image via winimage or made a backup (nandroid) of your system+data. The nandroid or backup made by cwm would have to be written to your fake "sd" card after you remake your bootable cm7, then you could reinstall that information, provided that you have backed up what's on your "fake" sd, you can just copy that back over.

I still have a working bootable sd card with nightly 102 on it. I tried 2 new sandisk cards and get the i/o errors. ive tried formatting and redoing the new cards at least a dozen times. using winimage and whatever that other one is called windisk32 or whatever. very confused as to why its not working and where to go from here.

Oh, that's odd. I wish I had a solution for you. At this point, it almost sounds like it's an hardware issue as opposed to your software/sd cards.
You got a friend with a nook color you can test your cards out on? If they work on his nook, maybe your reader is messed up, dust/water/etc?'
Sorry, not of much help at this point.

its really weird. they wont work on the other nook either. but the old one does. is there a best way to format an sd card? when I couldnt get them to work initially i started messing with the partitions in disk management. i generally just use the nook to format them.

Well, get easeus partition manager and collapse them all, so a slow format and then try to write the image.

I was able to load everything onto another card. neither sandisk worked... crazy talk.

Well, I think we've established that it's probably how you're writing to your sd cards.
So assuming your software is good (md5 checksums match), then it's a matter of hardware.
2 suggestions, use another computer and try to burn on that.
Use a different microSD reader/writing device (do you use a usb device or is it built in or is it a SD card that you slip the micro one into?)