As well as fixing the destination (of=) you should probably use "sudo dd". Andrew On Feb 14, 2018 1:26 PM, "ARS W5OMR" <ars.w5omr@gmail.com> wrote: So... my RPi3's are in. I also bought a couple of 32gb SDcards. Stopped by a Walmart (love laughing at the Walmartians, anyway) and picked up an HDMI-to-VGA adapter for the monitor I have for this project, a new 7' ethernet hose, dd'ed the RAT_RC1.img to the sdcard, dd bs=1M if=/home/geoff/Downloads/RAT_RC1/RAT_RC1.img of=/dev/sdb1 3000+0 records in 3000+0 records out 3145728000 <(314)%20572-8000> bytes (3.1 GB) copied, 239.58 s, 13.1 MB/s plugged it into the sd slot on the Pi, then plugged in the USB keyboard/mouse combo xcvr, plugged in the HDMI/VGA adapter, connected the monitor, plugged in the microUSB cable for power, plugged the other end into the 2.4A cellphone charger, and plugged that into the strip. RPi3 red LED lights up, and that's where it ends. No monitor action, no nothing else. What am I missing? -- 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@lists.allstarlink.org http://lists.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://lists.allstarlink.org/ cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe or edit options button" You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list detailing the problem.