Hi
I was correct in thinking I had screwed up my new 16GB SD card as when I put it into the Emonpi it hung on "RaspberryPI rebooting. So I removed it and re-flashed it and all started up fine. I let it run through updates. I am now able to create feeds etc.
As far as I am concerned everything seems to be working. as it should be. So your suggestions about lack of space on my old 4GB card were correct. Also it seems clear that something I did on the first attempt with the 16GB card managed to cause it to re-create the original “hanging on Raspberry Pi booting” message, but I can’t tell you quite what. I assume that re-flashing the card would remove any logs that would show the cause. Now everything is working I am not bothered about the cause but if my system holds anything that may help other avoid or resolve it I am happy to provide it.
Regards
Andy - my issue /question is solved. Thanks for all the help.