> This could definitely have been the SD card - I gather compatibility
> has been improving in leaps and bounds, but I have been using a
> SanDisk class 4 since day one and never had any issues. Going to get a
> class 10 soon to see if it improves speeds at all but I can't complain
> about performance at the moment anyway. SanDisk seem to be a solid
> brand in any case fwiw.

> It's normal to get some errors during boot regarding mounting local
> filesystem and maybe a couple of others but they can safely be
> ignored, assuming you do eventually get to the XBMC interface!
> Sometimes rebooting is all it takes for things to get running
> smoothly.

> One thing I do recommend strongly is that you set up a "shared
> library" - all this means is that your library database is on your
> file server running mysql rather than a flat sqlite file on the rpi
> itself. Makes things a lot easier if/when you need to reimage the SD
> card and also if you want to have XBMC on other computers around the
> house and keep them synched! (They'll all need to be running the
> latest alpha of XBMC if you do this). More details:
> http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO:Sync_multiple_libraries

> Cheers, Sam

> On Jun 27, 11:36 am, Steve Roehrs <steve.roe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Sam

> > I tried RaspBMC lastnight - the Pi went through the steps of
> > repartitioning, downloading etc, then it rebooted and was sitting with
> the
> > RaspBMC logo on the screen for a very long time (hour +).  I had heard
> that
> > the first boot takes time, but it looked like it had hung completely.
> > During boot I did notice an error message about not being able to mount
> the
> > sd card properly, but that may have just been a transient thing that was
> OK
> > after it retried.

> > I am using a cheapie DSE 8Gb SDHC card, I have a different brand card
> (also
> > 8GB) that I will try tonight.

> > Cheers

> > Steve

> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Sam <s...@griml.in> wrote:
> > > Hi all. Haven't posted here much and have never actually come to hack
> > > stuff with you all (yet!) but had to jump in on this convo...

> > > I have been using my rpi as my media centre for a few weeks now and I
> > > have to say it's very impressive. I use raspbmc which is now up to RC3
> > > and has dealt with a lot of the initial bugs. I find that it not only
> > > streams HD video very smoothly over my network but the interface is
> > > beautiful and a lot of streaming video plugins work great (including
> > > iview!)... So I'd have to recommend this to anyone planning to use
> > > their rpi this way :)

> > >http://www.raspbmc.comThere <http://www.raspbmc.comthere/> is an
> installer to download first and
> > > transfer to your SD card, then on first boot the rpi will download the
> > > full system and install itself automatically. So note that you do need
> > > the rpi connected to the internet at that time!

> > > As for the case I have to say this works very well as a temporary
> > > solution:http://squareitround.co.uk/Resources/Punnet_net_Mk1.pdf

> > > I have a second rpi now (long story) and I'm looking to do something a
> > > little more interesting with this one so it might be a good
> > > opportunity to come down and meet you all at a meeting some time
> > > soon..?

> > > Cheers, Sam

> > > ...

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