Unable to boot Pi successfully with ethernet interface configured

[Sevan / Venture37]

On 27/09/2012 08:04, Andrew Turner wrote:
> How are you powering the board? Do you have anything plugged into the
> USB ports? The board with ethernet can draw 700mA, if you are powering
> it from a USB port in a computer it will only be able to supply 500mA
> which will cause issues.
>
> The network chipset on the Raspberry-Pi is sensitive to it's input
> voltage. [1] explains how to test if the power supply is inadequate.


I was powering from USB port on a computer, there is an SD card in a 
USB adapter plugged into one USB port, I tried connecting it to a USB > 
power adapter rated at 5V 1A, system booted & hung at the same place, 
will drop the SD card & switch back to an ordinary flash drive to see 
how that progresses tonight.


Sevan