On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 11:43:52 -0600
Greg Berchin  wrote:

> Raspberry Pi 3; new user so please take nothing for granted.
>
> Transfer a fresh image of Jessie to a 16 GB microSD card via
> Win32DiskImager. Plug the card into the Pi; boots fine.
>
> Change the configuration, or don't change anything at all; it doesn't
> matter. Shut down via the GUI, then remove power.
>
> Don't touch anything; just power up the Pi again. Red LED shines
> brightly; several flashes from the green LED and then no more.
> Completely blank screen (the monitor never even comes out of standby).
> No boot. Try again several times; same story.
>
> After this problem, if the card is plugged into a Windows computer (to
> transfer the Jessie image again) it immediately triggers a CHKDSK, so
> somehow the FAT portion of the file system is being corrupted by the
> Pi. However, CHKDSK reports that it found no problems.
>
> This happens with two different SD cards from two different
> manufacturers (Sandisk, PNY).
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
Maybe not waiting long enough before shutting it down - is it still
re-sizing the root partition?

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