# Rasberry pi 32-bit OS bullseye fails to boot (image via mender-convert)

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/rasberry-pi-32-bit-os-bullseye-fails-to-boot-image-via-mender-convert/8160>\
**Category:** Debian family\
**Created:** [January 9, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/rasberry-pi-32-bit-os-bullseye-fails-to-boot-image-via-mender-convert/8160 "2026-01-09T13:17:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![user706](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ba9def/32.png) [@user706](https://hub.mender.io/u/user706)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/rasberry-pi-32-bit-os-bullseye-fails-to-boot-image-via-mender-convert/8160/4 "2026-01-09T13:50:30Z")

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By the way, above in the config you can see

`MENDER_CLIENT_VERSION=5.0.1`

When I was using `lastest` and got client 5.0.3, I was running into this issue:

mender-update install file.mender resulted in

> [@System update fails "Could not open path to sync"](https://hub.mender.io/t/system-update-fails-could-not-open-path-to-sync/8088/12):
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> Oh, thanks. So this really is like that, that starting from mender-update 5.0.2 only 64 bit OS is supported?? Because I’m on 32 bit raspberry pi, and running mender-update 5.0.3 and command mender-update install myupdate.mender results in record\_id=1 severity=error time="2026-Jan-08 11:45:33.337012" name="Global" msg="No such file or directory: Could not open path to sync: \x08��\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00/mender/modules/v3/payloads/0000/tree/current\_device\_type" Streaming failed. System not modi…

Is it true that for raspberry pi OS bullseye 32-bits, I need `MENDER_CLIENT_VERSION=5.0.1` and that higher versions are only for 64 bit???

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