CrowPi2 freezes after setting country to Canada
I flashed a 32 bit image from
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wL76iKKlddYXsqjo1SbnPXMWuJd2dVaH
It booted OK but when I set the Country to Canada, language to English Canada, timezone to Eastern, and WiFi to Canada and was asked to reboot it froze booting up showing
No root device specified. Boot assignments must include root parameter.
I re-flashed the card and got the same result. Any suggestions?
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I flashed another image and set it to USA, New York.
Now it works OK. However it is different from the version that came with my CrowPi2 just 6 weeks ago. It also required over 500 updates which tells me it is a very old version.
Is there a better version of the OS for the CrowPi2 ?
Should I be using the 64 bit version?
There is only 1 version of Debian 12 (Bookworm) available for CrowPi2, which is the same one from your posted download link. Since it is dated back from 2024-02-03, it would be natural, requiring a large amount of update and I know it is time consuming and inconvenient. Let’s hope that Elecrow will post an up-to-date version in a more timely fashion.
It all depends while not knowing which Raspberry Pi model you are using. If your Raspberry Pi has 4GB or more memory, it would be a no brainer to use the 64-bit version.
The main difference between 32-bit and 64-bit systems is the amount of memory they can address. A 32-bit system can address up to 4GB of memory, while a 64-bit system can address much more, up to 16 exabytes (which is 16 billion gigabytes).
In summary, a 64-bit operating system typically runs faster and more efficiently on 64-bit hardware compared to a 32-bit operating system, especially when memory usage and application compatibility are considered.
I solved the problems:
1. Use a bigger SD card than 32 GB. I used a 128 GB.
2. Expand the OS after the first boot up. It is described on this forum.
3. The updates installed OK. Do not switch to labwc as recommended. It might work for a normal Raspberry Pi but messes up the Menu Bar on the CrowPi2. The message you see is below.