Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
Trying for maximum compression.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 11:47 AM Bill Vodall < wa7nwp@...> wrote: Why not just use zip which is everywhere. On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 9:22 AM Dave wrote:
I personally find 7zip un-intuitive?
-- John D. Hays
Kingston, WA K7VE
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
Why not just use zip which is everywhere.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 9:22 AM Dave wrote:
I personally find 7zip un-intuitive?
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
Choose your own tools and move forward.
If you don't like the features of one, pick another, or let the developer know.
I personally find 7zip un-intuitive and confusing. For example, why doesn¡¯t File->Open offer me a menu to open an archive file. It does in every other program I use, but no, 7zip makes me fiddle about all over the place. The help mentions that there is a command line version but as its not in the path I have not managed to find it. Most of the TAR files I come across come with instructions on how to extract with TAR. If I have an issue and say I used 7zip I can usually hear the laughter across the Atlantic. ? HOWEVER ? It does open RAR files, and there if there is one tool I dislike more than 7ZIP its WINRAR ? Dave G4UGM ? ? Why have a dedicated tar program when 7zip does zip, bz2, tar, xz, rar etc? On Jun 30, 2020, at 07:19, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm@...> wrote: You should not have to use 7zip. There are several implementations of TAR for Windows. ? Dave G4UGM ? ? You have to extract the .tar file with 7zip On Jun 30, 2020, at 00:00, "Stewart Wilkinson via " <g0lgs.co.uk@ target=_blank>stewart.g0lgs=@> wrote: I see a problem !
The instructions refer to a file called? HamPi_v1.0.img.xz and opening it in Etcher, but the download is called HamPi_v1.0.tar !
The latest Etcher (V1.5.100) does NOT open .tar files?
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Stewart G0LGS
-- John D. Hays
Kingston, WA K7VE
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
I personally find 7zip un-intuitive and confusing. For example, why doesn¡¯t File->Open offer me a menu to open an archive file. It does in every other program I use, but no, 7zip makes me fiddle about all over the place. The help mentions that there is a command line version but as its not in the path I have not managed to find it. Most of the TAR files I come across come with instructions on how to extract with TAR. If I have an issue and say I used 7zip I can usually hear the laughter across the Atlantic. ? HOWEVER ? It does open RAR files, and there if there is one tool I dislike more than 7ZIP its WINRAR ? Dave G4UGM ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of N5XMT
Sent: 30 June 2020 15:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio] HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released? Why have a dedicated tar program when 7zip does zip, bz2, tar, xz, rar etc? On Jun 30, 2020, at 07:19, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm@...> wrote: You should not have to use 7zip. There are several implementations of TAR for Windows. ? Dave G4UGM ? ? You have to extract the .tar file with 7zip On Jun 30, 2020, at 00:00, "Stewart Wilkinson via " <g0lgs.co.uk@groups.io target=_blank>[email protected]> wrote: I see a problem !
The instructions refer to a file called? HamPi_v1.0.img.xz and opening it in Etcher, but the download is called HamPi_v1.0.tar !
The latest Etcher (V1.5.100) does NOT open .tar files?
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Stewart G0LGS
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The firmware to support USB boot is now in STABLE, so it should be safer to change from 'critical' to 'stable' instead of 'beta' so that you aren't always bleeding edge.
As of May 28 it does.? Just have to do sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo nano /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update
Change "critical" to "beta"
Save
sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -a
Reboot
-- John D. Hays
Kingston, WA K7VE
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
Why have a dedicated tar program when 7zip does zip, bz2, tar, xz, rar etc?
Get
You should not have to use 7zip. There are several implementations of TAR for Windows.
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Dave
G4UGM
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You have to extract the .tar file with 7zip
On Jun 30, 2020, at 00:00, "Stewart Wilkinson via " <g0lgs.co.uk@groups.io target=_blank>[email protected]> wrote:
I see a problem !
The instructions refer to a file called? HamPi_v1.0.img.xz and opening it in Etcher, but the download is called HamPi_v1.0.tar !
The latest Etcher (V1.5.100) does NOT open .tar files?
--
Stewart G0LGS
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
You should not have to use 7zip. There are several implementations of TAR for Windows. ? Dave G4UGM ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of N5XMT
Sent: 30 June 2020 14:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio] HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released? You have to extract the .tar file with 7zip On Jun 30, 2020, at 00:00, "Stewart Wilkinson via " <g0lgs.co.uk@groups.io target=_blank>[email protected]> wrote: I see a problem !
The instructions refer to a file called? HamPi_v1.0.img.xz and opening it in Etcher, but the download is called HamPi_v1.0.tar !
The latest Etcher (V1.5.100) does NOT open .tar files?
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Stewart G0LGS
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Have to search the forums
Get
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 08:42 AM, John Wiseman wrote:
Yes, you've missed the announcements. The Pi 4 now supports booting from SSD. And if you have a USB3 SSD connected to a USB3 port it is very fast!
I don't see anything on the Raspberry Pi site - I must be looking in the wrong place !
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Stewart G0LGS
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As of May 28 it does.? Just have to do sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade -y
sudo nano /etc/default/rpi-eeprom-update
Change "critical" to "beta"
Save
sudo rpi-eeprom-update -d -a
Reboot
Get
On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 04:24 AM, John D Hays - K7VE wrote:
USB connected SSD is faster
Unless there has been a big announcement that I missed (quite possible) - the RPI4 does not boot from a USB connected Drive.
?
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Stewart G0LGS
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
You have to extract the .tar file with 7zip
Get
I see a problem !
The instructions refer to a file called?
HamPi_v1.0.img.xz and opening it in Etcher, but the download is called
HamPi_v1.0.tar !
The latest Etcher (V1.5.100) does NOT open .tar files?
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Stewart G0LGS
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Re: Conky missing from build-a-pi v3
I have hardwired the Pi4 2gB to the router and internet and checked if it works fine and its ok.
I also let the Pi do it's thing while letting it perform the fresh install. No, I did not touch it. Yes I also did install the latest 32 bit of Raspberry Pi OS. I have a 240 gB M.2 SSD that I use for other stuff, but Build-a-Pi v3 runs on a 64 gB micro SD.
Running WSJT-x with the FT-817 is fine but the radio will not run from WSJT-x directly. Also I cannot see my WSPR signals on?
Maybe I have to perform a new build and see what happens.
73' Ron - on2ron
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Re: Package Installation Scripts
On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 23:14:03 -0700, "Neon22" <mschafer@...> wrote: The Program Notepad++ is an excellent way to cross platform stuff like this I agree with @nfg.
I use it extensively.?It is very easy to use.
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Thanks for the link. It appears to support nearly eighty programming languages from the information on this page and be under very active development. I still use vi for editing. By entering ':syntax on' while running vi, I can turn on colorful syntax highlighting. On windows, I use MS Code editor:
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I used some third party instructions, but this seems to be the
official documentation
I think these are the instructions I followed:
73,
John
On 30/06/2020 09:17, Stewart Wilkinson
via groups.io wrote:
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 08:42 AM, John Wiseman wrote:
Yes, you've missed the announcements. The Pi 4 now
supports booting from SSD. And if you have a USB3 SSD connected
to a USB3 port it is very fast!
I don't see anything on the Raspberry Pi site - I must be looking
in the wrong place !
?
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Stewart G0LGS
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 08:42 AM, John Wiseman wrote:
Yes, you've missed the announcements. The Pi 4 now supports booting from SSD. And if you have a USB3 SSD connected to a USB3 port it is very fast!
I don't see anything on the Raspberry Pi site - I must be looking in the wrong place ! ? -- Stewart G0LGS
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Yes, you've missed the announcements. The Pi 4 now supports booting
from SSD. And if you have a USB3 SSD connected to a USB3 port it is
very fast!
73,
John G8BPQ
On 30/06/2020 08:05, Stewart Wilkinson
via groups.io wrote:
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 04:24 AM, John D Hays - K7VE wrote:
USB connected SSD is faster
Unless there has been a big announcement that I missed (quite
possible) - the RPI4 does not boot from a USB connected Drive.
?
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Stewart G0LGS
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 04:24 AM, John D Hays - K7VE wrote:
USB connected SSD is faster
Unless there has been a big announcement that I missed (quite possible) - the RPI4 does not boot from a USB connected Drive. ? -- Stewart G0LGS
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Re: HamPi WAS: W3DJS Raspberry Pi Ham Radio Image v2.0 Released
I see a problem !
The instructions refer to a file called?HamPi_v1.0.img.xz and opening it in Etcher, but the download is called HamPi_v1.0.tar !
The latest Etcher (V1.5.100) does NOT open .tar files?
--
Stewart G0LGS
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The *only* reason I can see to use an external storage device on an
Rpi (SSD or HDD) would be if you do a lot of heavy read/writes like
a *LOT* of compiling of programs.? Beyond that, I personally don't
think the Rpi is all that slow on a quality micro-SD card and ZERO
ham radio applications really need the file I/O performance of an
SSD.? If you tune your Pi to use a small ram-drive for logs and
minimize writes to the SD card, it will last for MANY years.
--David
KI6ZHD
On 06/29/2020 08:24 PM, John D Hays -
K7VE wrote:
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USB connected SSD is faster.?
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 20:03
John Nicholas < stnick@...>
wrote:
Hello,
I am new to Raspberry Pi and HamPi.? ?I would like to set up
the Raspberry Pi 4 as a station computer.? I have ordered and
received what should work to do this.? I have worked on a Mac
for 27 years here at home.? Unix and PC at work.? .This seems
like a good way to get all my software on one computer and
interface with my Rig.
The advice has been to use an SD card and etch the image on
it. Then pull the SD card as needed to update the image as
software updates are released.
Since I first heard about HamPi - it seems they have worked on
something and now a SSD based Flash Drive can be used for this
as an alternative to the SD card.
Does one approach have advantages over the other?? Is this
worth implementing?
My Raspberry will be assembled later this week.
73
de KEoZUW? John
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USB connected SSD is faster.?
On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 20:03 John Nicholas < stnick@...> wrote: Hello,
I am new to Raspberry Pi and HamPi.? ?I would like to set up the Raspberry Pi 4 as a station computer.? I have ordered and received what should work to do this.? I have worked on a Mac for 27 years here at home.? Unix and PC at work.? .This seems like a good way to get all my software on one computer and interface with my Rig.
The advice has been to use an SD card and etch the image on it. Then pull the SD card as needed to update the image as software updates are released.
Since I first heard about HamPi - it seems they have worked on something and now a SSD based Flash Drive can be used for this as an alternative to the SD card.
Does one approach have advantages over the other?? Is this worth implementing?
My Raspberry will be assembled later this week.
73
de KEoZUW? John
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You don't have to pull the ad card to do any updates.? sudo apt update then sudo apt full-upgrade -y
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On Jun 29, 2020, at 20:03, John Nicholas < stnick@...> wrote:
Hello,
I am new to Raspberry Pi and HamPi. I would like to set up the Raspberry Pi 4 as a station computer. I have ordered and received what should work to do this. I have worked on a Mac for 27 years here at home. Unix and PC at work. .This seems like a good way to get all my software on one computer and interface with my Rig.
The advice has been to use an SD card and etch the image on it. Then pull the SD card as needed to update the image as software updates are released.
Since I first heard about HamPi - it seems they have worked on something and now a SSD based Flash Drive can be used for this as an alternative to the SD card.
Does one approach have advantages over the other? Is this worth implementing?
My Raspberry will be assembled later this week.
73
de KEoZUW John
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John Hays - K7VE / WRJT-215
Larry Dighera
Stewart (G0LGS)