Installing and running Raspbmc on Pi2

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If I grab a Pi2 at some stage and copy my running Raspbmc installtion to the MicroSD card will I still be able to run it?

I will migrate to OSMC when its done with its Pi2 speedups as that is the one reason I would get a Pi2…

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Hi,

Raspbmc will not run on the new Pi 2.0. You’ll need to load OSMC on it for now. You could drag and drop the kernel_v7 and modules from Raspbian in, but there are a lot of Raspbmc specific patches that would be missing.

OSMC is actually quite stable. Give it a go – it needs users to progress!

Sam

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Thanks Sam - Good job I asked…

Will OSMC run on the Pi1?

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Yes, we have been offering original Pi builds for some time now and will continue to do so

Cheers

Sam

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Hi Sam,

I’ve managed to pick up a Pi 2 today. I’m trying to download Alpha 4 via the windows installed but get Download failed! Please check network settings message?

Thanks,

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Are you behind a corporate proxy ?

The installer can’t download via a proxy server.

Are you running the Windows, Mac or Linux version of the installer ?

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No proxy, from the installer I selected Pi 1 and that works fine and the files begin to download. Whenever I select Pi 2 it won’t?

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Windows installer.

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I have exactly the same issue

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For people with Windows Installer issue:

Try (not verified, trying myself right now):

  • download latest image http://173.255.206.49/osmc/download/installers/diskimages/ and save C:\Users{username}
  • try running the installer again and it will probably find the image
  • maybe a rename of the file is also needed to “OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20150201.img.gz”
    According to the log file in the directory C:\Users{username}, it is looking for an image which isn’t at this location.

“Error downloading http://173.255.206.49/osmc/download/installers/diskimages/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20150201.img.gz - server replied: Not Found”

update: worked for me

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For people with Windows Installer issue:

Try (not verified, trying myself right now):

download latest image http://173.255.206.49/osmc/download/installers/diskimages/3 and save C:\Users{username}
try running the installer again and it will probably find the image
maybe a rename of the file is also needed to “OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20150201.img.gz”
According to the log file in the directory C:\Users{username}, it is looking for an image which isn’t at this location.
“Error downloading http://173.255.206.49/osmc/download/installers/diskimages/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20150201.img.gz1 - server replied: Not Found”

update: worked for me

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I encountered another error whilst writing the image to SD card using the installer. In the end I used windiskimager to flash the image to the card and the Pi 2 booted and is currently updating files.

I’ll let you know how I get on…

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Tried to download and install OSMC Alpha 4 on a microSDcard to use with a Pi 2 and it stopps right away with this message:
Download failed! Please check your internet connection.

And there is nothing wrong with my internet.

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We had a large amount of traffic today which was responsible for some download issues.

This should largely be resolved now

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Careful there – you have a ‘1’ at the end of the file extension. The real URL is

http://download.osmc.tv/installers/diskimages/OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20150202.img.gz. You should use this URL anyway as it will make you hit a load balancer

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Hi Sam,

This was the URL the Windows Installer was using according to the log.

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I fixed an error in the URL and it should work fine now

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Thanks and congratulations with your birthday

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Running perfectly with Alpha 4!
The only thing I changed was in config.txt … all the standard over/underclocking as the RPi2 runs default on 900MHz