Re: Debian images for Raspberry 4 and 5 from https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud do not boot on RPi

I'm aware of this and have used the pre-cloud images for some time,
particularly for 64 bit capable.

It took me a while to figure out I needed to unpack the image first. I
suppose that's on me.
IIRC I tried it on a Pi 3B and it booted but I didn't see/get the
on-boarding stuff. I don;t recall if this was
using an SD card or USB/SSD. I also copied an image to an SD card and
booted a Pi 5. I knew to look
for the on-boarding messages and saw them but did not have time to test
further. I have not tested a
Pi 4. Given time, I could test on a CM4.

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> So far, I have been using images from this website to install Debian on
> a Raspberry Pi: https://raspi.debian.net/tested-images/
> I have written the images to an SD card several times in the past, and
> they are then bootable on a Raspberry Pi.
>
> "It is stated at https://raspi.debian.net//:
> Raspberry Pi Debian images
> This project has been superseded"
>
> "Are you looking for pure Debian images to use on your Raspberry Pi?
> Great! However, the project that built them in this web page
> (https://raspi.debian.net/) has been superseded by the images generated
> by the Debian Cloud Images."
>
> You can find the daily generated images at: Debian 13 “Trixie” (Stable):
> Image download (for example) ->
>
> https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/trixie/daily/latest/debian-13-raspi-arm64-daily.tar.xz
> The names debian-13-raspi-arm64.tar.xz,
> debian-13-nocloud-arm64-20250806-2196.tar.xz, and
> debian-14-raspi-arm64-daily.tar.xz clearly suggest to me that the images
> could be used for a Raspberry Pi.
>
>
> On https://raspi.debian.net/ i can read:  "Do note that the images are
> only available for the 64-bit-capable members of the Raspberry Pi Family
> (that is, families 3, 4 and 5). RPi 5 only works with Debian 14 “Forky”
> (testing) or Sid (unstable)."
> As an alternative, I download the Forky image from
>
> https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/forky/daily/latest/debian-14-raspi-arm64-daily.tar.xz
>
> After unpacking, I write the disk.raw with the Raspberry Pi Imager or
> with the program "Write for Drive Images/gnome-disk-utility 46.1" or
> also with dd
> sudo dd if=disk.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=10M status=progress
> [sudo: authenticate] Password:
> 3221225472 bytes (3.2 GB, 3.0 GiB) copied, 145.161 s, 22 MB/ss
> 307+1 records in
> 307+1 records out
> 3221225472 bytes (3.2 GB, 3.0 GiB) copied, 145.164 s, 22 MB/s
>
> The result is always the same, as expected - The boot process does not
> start, even though the SD card is recognized.
>   -> see image https://forums.debian.net/download/file.php?id=5088
>
> I used various SD cards, always did a sha512sum, and also tried the
> oldest available image as a test.
> The result is always the same, as expected - The boot process does not
> start, even though the SD card is recognized.
> I get the same result with a Raspberry Pi 4: the Raspberry Pi does not
> boot with the SD card I created.
>
> Is it a bug that all SD cards created with debian-1[34]-raspi-arm64.*
> images from https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/ do not boot from a
> Raspberry Pi 4 and 5?
>
> Unfortunately, I cannot find any information at
> https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/ or
> https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud#FAQ about other things that might need to
> be taken into account or done in addition, if additional steps are
> necessary since the changeover to ensure that the SD cards created are
> bootable.
> Has anyone managed to boot a Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 with an SD card created
> using https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/?
>
> Does anyone have any information about my problem or any tips?
> Does anyone have a Raspberry Pi Model 4 or 5 to test and a few minutes
> to refute or confirm my error observation?
>
> thanks
> Heiko
>
>
>

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