Hello,

I bought StellarMate in 2018. This week I downloaded the image. Using my trusted method of building an image, I created the image on a 400G drive. My first try failed. I viewed the image and only AstroBerry folder was present. My second try produced the obligatory “this drive is no longer formatted” in Windows 10 version 2004. Maybe I zigged when I should have zagged. The AstroBerry empty folder was it.

The third try I did not format the drive. I placed the image over the previous session. This went much faster. I then used my RPI3B+ with Ubuntu to fsck the volume. Sure enough, the volume had a dirty bit. Hmm... I ejected the Volume from Windows. I umounted the volume under Ubuntu. Why the dirty bit? Looks like either the image tool or the image has a dirty bit.

Once the dirty bit was repaired, the volume booted fine. I am now running on StellarMate.

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