moOde 8.3.2 : is it supposed to work correctly ?

[HifiPenguin]

HifiPenguinHi,

From what I have seen on the Web page of Raspberry pi Imager, there is indeed a Linux version.
But that is meant for Ubuntu. And I run Arch.
And I know it is possible to convert a Debian/Ubuntu package to Arch but each time I tried it failed...
So I did not tried it again in a long time.

Will probably use a virtual machine instead... Much easier :-)

Regards.

Did you think to query the Arch package servers (however that's done)?

I don't use Arch but when I googled "rpi imager arch linux" I get hits that show rpi-imager 1.7.4-2 (which is the current version) is available to you...just as rpi-imager is available in the linuxmint/ubuntu apt servers for the Linux Mint distro I do use. The major distros do a good job keeping up with the most popular consumer-level SBC on the planet.

Also, I'll be posting a short instruction guide for this Forum on how to install moOde without using the RPi Imager tool. It turns out to be relatively easy---like riding a bicycle is relatively easy compared to riding a unicycle.

Regards,
Kent

Hi Kent, 

Yes, I searched in the official Arch repos and also the Arch user repos (AUR). 
Of course, it returned nothing because I searched for "raspberry pi imager"... when the package name is rpi-imager. 

If I search with rpi-imager, I indeed get a result from the AUR database about version 1.7.4. 
Will try it a little later...

Thanks a lot for all your help and patience with a noob like me :-(

I've read the "Release info". 
There does not seem to be a lot of new things/features in 8.3.2, so probably not in a rush to install it :-)

But I'll do it a little later...

Regards. 

FRED

EDIT : I tried to use rpi-imager. Turns out the version in AUR is probablyt buggy. It is not possible to select a drive to write to :-(
Will try another version and report

EDIT 2 : I tried with a BIN of rpi-imager 1.7.4. It does not work either...
I also tried to start it as sudo... No improvement.
I tried to install the 1.7.3 version in "snap"... Bugged.
So I think I'll try it in virtual drive or wait for your explanation about how to do it without pi imager.

EDIT 3 : After doing some search it seems the computer must be able to determine that the used support is a SD card.
My distro probably does not have the necessary tools to detect a SD card. And thus the device does not show up.

EDIT 4 : I herewith confirm that I can't flash moOde 8.3.2 using Raspberry pi Imager on my computer as it does not show anything to flash to.
Same happens on my daughter's Windows 11 driven computer that has no SD-Card slot.
Same happens on Windows 11 Virtual machine that I run from my own computer redirecting the SD card to the virtual machine as a USB device... (can't do it any other way I think).
So 8.3.2 is not an option for me right now :-( Weird I am the only one with this problem !