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  • 17. April 2016 at 17:28 #19802

    Dear all,

    I’ve by now tried many things to get Max2Play to boot on my RPI3:
    – several SD cards, closest I got was the „Kernel panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,6)“ (in versions 2 and 6).
    – got once a rainbow screen

    – have tried formatting the SD cards; even with a camera (adviced somewhere on the web)
    – downloaded the latest Max2Play, Max2play Jessie (2.29) and the Max2Play-Squeezeplug version (this one gave rainbow).

    I do have Max2Play running (slowly) on an old RPI-A.
    So I am aware of how to get to the web interface and to the LMS.

    The RPI3 seems to work: I installed the Raspberry NOOBS on an SD and got OpenElec and Raspbian running without issues.
    Max2Play on the same SD did not work however. (A freshly bought 16GB Kingston10, actually bought 2).

    By now I really suspect that the images are not fully compatible yet with the RPI3.
    But what puzzles and frustrates me is that others seem to have it running.

    Did someone experience similar problems to get a fresh M2P version running on an RPI3?
    What formatting (tricks) have you used for the SD card?

    By now I am quite frustrated and telling myself I should have gone for an RPI2 – out longer, more stable sw…

    BEst regards

    Jan

    Douglas Loucks premium
    20. April 2016 at 4:49 #19847

    I have the same problem. The RPI3 does not boot. I have max2play running on 3 other pis but they are earlier models. The RPI3 boots using raspian jessie but not with either the default image or the hifiberry image.

    Heiner premium
    21. April 2016 at 13:19 #19894

    Hi Jan and Douglas,
    Currently, the ONLY image that works with the RPi3 is the Jessie-based one. This one should, however, not cause any big problems. Please try burning the Jessie image on your SD card using this software: http://com.odroid.com/sigong/blog/blog_list.php?bid=144
    This imager cleanses the sd card of any faulty data from previous images.

    GringoHairpiece
    22. April 2016 at 13:20 #19901

    Hi,

    I am unable to get my RPI3 to boot with the Max2Play Squeezplug image. I guess this is for the same reason mentioned above. Is there anyway for me to get this working at the moment or will i just have to wait for your latest image release? If the latter, when is that likely to be?

    Sorry I am new to PI and just bought the latest one available. Didn’t realise that the models were o\s specific

    Heiner premium
    22. April 2016 at 14:25 #19905

    Hi Gringo,
    The SqueezePlug image is our oldest image and stems from an old collaboration with a now inactive project „SqueezePlug“. Thus, we do not plan on making it compatible with new models. For the Raspberry Pi 3 we have the current Jessie image which works perfectly with the RPi3, no waiting necessary. It has all the features of the SqueezePlug image but has steadily been improved and expanded.

    GringoHairpiece
    22. April 2016 at 14:29 #19906

    Hi Heiner,

    thanks for the prompt response. Will this allow me to stream to a Squeezebox Boom?

    Gringo

    Heiner premium
    22. April 2016 at 14:38 #19907

    Yep, the installation of the Squeezebox Server on Max2Play is 7.9 nightly which should work fine with other preexisting Squeezeboxes.

    GringoHairpiece
    22. April 2016 at 15:07 #19909

    Hi Heiner,

    Ok I have downloadeded the Jessie image of Max2Play and have burned it to my SD card using USBIT. I had formatted the SD card using SDFormatter so it was a clean install onto an empty card. I have put the card into the RPI3 and connected up LAN and power cables. The main red power led is showing and the led to the left of it initially alternated between red and amber. However, it is now staying red and i can’t get onto my Pi using http://max2play Have i done something wrong?

    Gringo

    GringoHairpiece
    22. April 2016 at 15:09 #19910

    Hi Heiner,

    Ignore that last post. Just had one more flash of amber and tried connecting and got in ok. I thought the led nearest the sd card slot was supposed to show green not red with occasional amber flashes?

    Gringo

    22. April 2016 at 19:17 #19913

    Hi Heiner,

    I sure will give it a try this weekend – was abroad all week!
    Thanks for the tip, the only thing I didn’t use yet is the SD card burner you mention.
    With any other tool, the Jessie image didn’t work.

    Crossing my fingers now.

    Thanks and best regards

    Jan

    23. April 2016 at 17:53 #19921

    Good afternoon.I just tried. No luck.
    System starts to boot but then ends with Kernel Panic not being able to mount root FS on unknown block (179,2)
    Like in many other attempts before I must say …

    Just tried it also with a 2GB card – that also ends with a stack dump. Of course this could be because there is not enough memory.
    Just to check, wrote the NOOBS data from Raspbian to the same SD card. Works.
    Difference is of course this isn’t an image written, but files copied. Needed to format card to Fat32 and ’standard‘ cluster size.

    My conclusion for now is that the max2play image is WAY TOO CRITICAL about its SD card for the RPI3, and/or not thoroughly tested.

    –> Has ANYONE effectively a working RPI3 + Jessie Max2play?
    If so can you tell me what combination of SD card (size and brand), formatting (cluster size) and tool used to write?

    I have a Kingston class 10 16GB SD card.

    Many thanks in advance again!

    jan

    GringoHairpiece
    23. April 2016 at 21:13 #19927

    Hi Jan,

    I have managed to get my RPI3 working with the Jessie image. Got Squeezeserver up and running and streaming to my Squeezebox and a network share so that MusicBee also has access to my tunes.

    Details as follows:
    RPI3
    16gb Transcend Class 10 SD Card
    RPI Case and power pack

    I formatted the SD Card using SDFormatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/
    I then used a PNY SD Card reader to burn (restored) the Jessie image to the SD Card using USBit http://www.alexpage.de/usb-image-tool/

    Plugged in network cable and powerpack and let the image do its work. Took about 15 – 20 mins before http://max2play became available.

    Hope this helps.

    Gringo

    P_DoubleU
    23. April 2016 at 22:41 #19929

    Hello,
    Thanks for the development of Max2Play. It’s a great package and easy way to have a headless LMS server on a RasPi.

    I currently have a fully functional Max2Play image running on a Raspi 2 and would like to update my SD card to use in a new Raspi 3. Is there a set of instructions on how to properly update the existing install so the card can work with the new Raspi 3 hardware?

    I have SSH’ed into the setup with the SD card in the Raspi 2 and ran apt-get update and dist-upgrade, as well as upgraded LMS to the 7.9 nightly build and latest M2P software thru the web interface but I only receive a rainbow screen at startup when inserting the SD card into the Raspi 3 and powering up.

    The reason I want to update instead of start fresh with the latest M2P Raspi 3 image available is because I have the difficult to compile Google Music app working on the Raspi 2 and been unable to replicate the necessary steps for recompiling the Google Music app when using the new M2P Raspi 3 image. Any advice would be appreciated.

    *****UPDATE*****
    I have been able to update my existing M2P SD Card to run on my Raspi 3 (with one issue, squeezelite player is not starting. 294 playback open error).

    Accomplished by performing the above steps as well as updating the Raspi 2 firmware (sudo rpi-update).
    Note: I was OK with breaking functional software/hardware. Results may vary if attempting to replicate.

    • This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by P_DoubleU.
    benekm premium
    24. April 2016 at 9:46 #19930

    Hi !

    I have the same problem.
    m2p_hifiberry_226_wps.img don´t start up on Raspberry Pi3.
    m2p_Jessie_wps_229.img works better but I am not able to activate the recently bought license.

    I will try it again today to see if I have a better luck.

    Br
    //benekm

    24. April 2016 at 12:07 #19931

    Update: yesterday was at a friend’s house. We used a linux computer to clean the SD card and repartition it to original state. Wrote the image to the SD card (still the Kingston 16GB). Result was the same as before: Kernel panic, not able to mount root filesystem (179,2). Friend (safe to say he’s industry expert) is quite convinced the distribution image is wrong and tries to address the wrong partition.
    We moved on to the debian version on the noob and could e.g. see that the fs is mounted on partition 7 etc.

    But Gringo had success. That is why I am now puzzled. I could try his brand of SD card as last resort. All the rest (formatting etc) I have also tried in vain already.

    For now, time to give up, await a new image (someday) and get a RPI2 and try on that one.

    Shame, though.

    Thanks all for the help!

    Jan

    benekm premium
    24. April 2016 at 13:26 #19933

    Hi again!

    I think it is a little bit strange that you don´t mention that Max2Play HiFiBerry Image don´t work with Raspberry Pi 3.
    The download page say that it works with Raspberry Pi all. I have spent hours to get it work, without succeeding.

    Br
    //benekm

    Heiner premium
    25. April 2016 at 14:31 #19947

    Hi guys,
    Sorry for your inconveniences. The jessie-image should really be working on all Raspberry Pi 3’s, for the SD card we recommend at least Class 10 speed but otherwise those should all work as well.
    Regarding your issues, benekm, we will look at our wording on the download page adjust for misunderstandings. Thanks for informing us.

    ivycosks
    23. April 2019 at 9:08 #45096

    I have the same problem and the Pi 3 is not booting. Is turns out to be the burning process failed. You can use the following app to burn image to the board:
    https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6931-etcher.html
    https://www.uubyte.com/iso-editor.html

    Heiner premium
    23. April 2019 at 9:50 #45098

    Hi ivycosks,

    Thanks for sharing. However, this thread is from 2016 and only related to a specific issue with the version out at that time.

    If you are experiencing issues during the burning process, please detail them in a new thread so we can address them properly.

    We already recommend Etcher but have not checked out UUByte, thanks for the tip.

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