[SOLVED]{dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda &} duplicates terabyte drives with ease.
[SOLVED] {dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sda &} duplicates terabyte drives. My life in code and photos recently approached half a Terabyte, the limit of my USB external drive. Now with an HD dashcam the...
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I have an embedded application for the RPi-3. Unfortunately it's likely that uses will remove power without properly shutting the RPi down. Therefore I've got a 'power-going-down' bit of...
View ArticleExternal 2.5" drive for backups
Can you recommend a 2TB 2.5 hard disk drive for use with a Pi-based network backup server? Preferably one that will reliably run on the USB power provided by at least some model of Raspberry Pi....
View ArticleAlternatives to LXterminal
What alternatives are there to LXTerminal on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Jessie? I spend quite a bit of time using LXTerminal and have two niggles with it: First, clicking in the tab bar sometimes...
View ArticleProblem renew letsencrypt certificate for nginx on raspian
Hi all, today I tryed to renew my ssl letsencrypt certificates by calling: ./certbot-auto --config /etc/letsencrypt/renewal/mydomain.123.xyz.conf certonly after a lot of messages the script ha.........
View ArticleUSB connectors multiplied beyond reason
I've completely lost track of all the different USB interface and connector standards. If a Raspberry Pi 2 can power a 2.5 drive with a Micro B SuperSpeed port, will a Pi Zero be able to do the...
View ArticleDefragmentation
Lots of stuff in another thread about file systems. I mentioned defragmentation. There seems to be a lack of understanding about what it is. Has zilch to do with the TOC. ---- In the maintenan.........
View ArticleNon-square pixels on 7" touchscreen
For some unfathomable reason the 7 touchscreen has rectangular pixels. I can't imagine why anyone thought this was a good idea. It makes it useless as a device that has to display an image of...
View ArticleMoving Raspian
I am using Raspian Jesse and have a 120GB SSD Ext4 partition that I would like to use for part of the OS. How do I move things to the SSD and what can be moved? -- Ben aka cMech --- Keep the f.........
View ArticleHow good is the graphics display in the Pi?
I was just wondering if someone could use a Pi as a low cost web surfer. Would a Pi work to use a TV as a monitor? I was thinking that living in an area where there is no Internet access or in...
View ArticleProblem with an external disc drive
PI B+ with an external Seagate 2TB disc drive connected up via USB, drive formatted as EXT4. This has happily been running for several years, Today is Monday. Late on Saturday night, accessing.........
View Article"Failed to talk to init daemon"
My AFP server stopped working, so I decided to reboot it: pi@raspberry-pi-server:% $ sudo reboot Failed to start reboot.target: Activation of org.freedesktop.systemd1 timed out Failed to...... The...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi Zero W ships 250,000 units, announces new distributors
It seems that the Raspberry Pi Foundation can do no wrong. Every new Pi it announces goes on to be a huge hit. The most recent model, the Wi-Fi enabled Pi Zero W, is a great example of this....
View ArticleSystem Preferences dialog hangs system
After upgrading an RPI3 to 4.9.24-v7+ #993 SMP Wed Apr 26 18:01:23 BST 2017 the system preferences dialog seems to lock up the whole machine. Anybody else seen this? Thanks for reading, bob pro.........
View ArticleGoogle releases DIY open source Raspberry Pi 'Voice Kit' hardware -- here's...
and voice assistance projects have used AI to better the lives of users. The Google Home voice-based hardware unit brings its assistant to life, making traditional inputs and displays...
View ArticlePi Zero W throughput
A Raspberry Pi 2 has been doing fine as a Time Machine backup server running over wireless over a few days. On that basis, can I assume that if swapped in a Pi Zero W, it would be similarly up to...
View ArticlePi Zero in stock
Just a note to say that both Pimoroni and The Pi Hut have (non W) Pi Zero in stock. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% The post does not have replies yet. Start the discussion here
View ArticlePython problem - no setup.py
Pi B+ I've bought a DHT22 thermometer/humidity reader, as much as anything to see how well it works. I've found a few references online on how to set it up, and they seem to be consistent with .........
View ArticleThin Client replacement
Hello, we're looking to replace the expensive, virus-ridden, wall mounted Thin Client Windows computers with something cheap and safe. The tasks are: - IP address over DHCP - some terminal...
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