**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Jul 16 03:00:01 2018 Jul 16 21:12:27 failing to get debian to boot from sdcard. using loglevel=8 it appears to hang at [ 5.260000] Freeing init memory: 124K. any ideas? Jul 16 21:23:15 I'd try init=/bin/sh to see what can be done. Probably systemd doesn't like the kernel but you can try starting it manually from shell and that might give more data. Jul 16 21:23:23 Or just use another init system. Jul 16 21:24:28 PaulFertser: Cheers. Will take a look. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Jul 17 03:00:03 2018