XBian stalls on initial boot

[IriDium]

I've checked the SD cards RPi_SD_cards and there are no reported issues. But that doesn't mean the card is not at fault.

I'd also check your SD card reader - it's not uncommon, for the cheaper ones to be at fault.

Can you beg/borrow/steal/obtain another non PNY card (Pref class 4) and try that. I'm not au fait with PNY so I cannot comment how reliable they are. (I use Verbatum or Kingston without issues).

Also it seems from the forum, that micro SD cards, seem to be reliable that full size SD cards - go figure?

I cannot reproduce the error as I'm running an old tabby cat (10.4) and the Mac installer doesn't work on my OSX.

I'd stay clear of VM for writting a SD card as it writes at a low level which may not be supported - but I guess you can try!!!

Can't you get hold of a Windoze machine just to write the image?

Give the DD image a go, that should work at least.

The installer is standalone, so no network is required - for the installation at least.

Report back and we'll try and rectify the issue.