Boot Problem on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Cukier · April 14, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Hi. I want to start have fun with LibreELEC. But i occured problems at startup. On boot i got this error:

Code

*** Error in mount_sysroot: mount_commonL Could not mount /flash/SYSTEM ***### Starting debugging shell for boot step: mount_sysroot... type exit to quit ###

I tried release build for rpi2, nightly builds for rpi2 and same problem (v11 and v12).
I heard i should use rpi2 builds for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.
Also i tried rpi4 release, it goes further (it repartition sd card). But after reboot it get's bootloop.

What can i do to make it working ?

**Da Flex** · April 14, 2023 at 8:06 PM

This device is not supported due to the lack of RAM. However, some users made LE work, others prefer DietPi / Kodi combo (easiest).

Read this thread for details: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Cukier · April 14, 2023 at 8:47 PM

I see Thanks for the reply. I will dig into it.

Cukier · April 16, 2023 at 12:31 PM

Okay well, i deicided i will dig into that problem
Well i tried that DietPi with Kodi and it kinda works awfull, also installation is kinda not friendly and install time is so long.
I want to try LibreELEC with experimental v12, it's much more lightweight. I know that it don't have enougth RAM (512) but it should at least run it. If anyone somehow launched it on Rpi02W please share the knowledge with me

**Da Flex** · April 16, 2023 at 5:41 PM

So you know you're entering unknown territory.

Here is the link, just in case you don't have it yet: LE 12.0 Nightly Builds (RPi)

**HiassofT** · April 16, 2023 at 5:54 PM

You need to add "dtoverlay=cma,cma-256" to the end of config.txt, otherwise LE won't boot on devices with 512MB RAM.

so long,

Hias

Boot Problem on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

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