SD Card and the PI2

Discussion Raspberry Pi
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Is the SD card for the PI2 the same as the one that shipped with the b+?

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It’s the same physical size, with the same adapter, but it has a slightly more up to date version of Raspbian on it.

So:

  • A B+ card will only work in a Pi 2 if you update the software on it
  • A Pi 2 card should work fine in a B+

The SD cards we’re shipping out for the Pi 2 don’t have a Raspberry Pi logo on them, but they’re a known good brand of card that we know is compatible with the Pi. There’s no official Pi 2-compatible card yet.

3

Thanks for coming back to me!
Subsidiary question then is can I buy the PI 2, case and the latest card from your site?

4

I’m not sure when we’ll have SD cards for sale separately, most likely not until an official Pi 2 NOOBS card is made available.

We are currently writing each and every one of the cards we send out in-house and because this takes forever and a day we’re only bundling them with the Starter Kit.

Right now you’re better off just buying an SD card elsewhere or re-purposing an existing one and imaging it yourself with the downloads and instructions you can find here: http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

So, short answer- yes if you buy a full Starter Kit, but that’s probably not the answer you’re looking for!

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Thank you for the advice.
Excellent :-)