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Post by Ben MnSGC on Apr 26, 2016 16:17:50 GMT -7
Is it possible to make copies of the SD cards that are already in the Raspberry Pis that we received in Montana or do we have to set up the Pis that we have as new ones? If we have to set them up from scratch, what all needs to be put on them?
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Post by Dylan MSGC on Apr 26, 2016 18:04:22 GMT -7
Is it possible to make copies of the SD cards that are already in the Raspberry Pis that we received in Montana or do we have to set up the Pis that we have as new ones? If we have to set them up from scratch, what all needs to be put on them? Let me email Dave and see if I can get him to respond to this one. I have an idea but not as well as he does.
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Post by David MSGC on Apr 26, 2016 18:34:55 GMT -7
You can make copies/image(.iso file) of the SD card using any kind of imaging software. On a windows machine with a card reader you can use Win32DiskImager (free download). You select the drive letter of the card reader in the "Device" pull down(j: in the screenshot), click on the folder icon to browse to a destination, and click "Read". This will make a copy/.iso image of the card in reader and put it in the destination selected. The "write" button is used to write an image to the SD card. Select the .iso file created in the last step by using the folder icon to browse to its' location, put a blank SD card int the card reader, and select "write". This will write what is in the selected directory to the SD card. Please note: the image file created will be the size of the SD card and not just the used space of the SD card. ie 32GB SD card will produce a 32GB image. You can use this same program using the "write" button and the .iso file to make a copy on another SD card of equal or larger capacity. Write now all we have is a 32GB image of the same SD card given out in January. I am currently making an 8GB image which requires a complete setup from scratch and hope to be done in a couple days. We still need to decide how we can remotely share a large .iso file and are open to any suggestions.
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Post by David MSGC on Apr 27, 2016 10:29:50 GMT -7
Important note on SD card copies and Raspberry Pi. Was not sure if I should include this in my last post or start another thread, but felt i need to pass along this info soon.
When flashing an image to an SD card the memory size of the image is the amount of space the Raspberry Pi will use as the main partition on the SD card. If you are copying a 32GB image to a 32GB SD card, the whole card will be used by the Pi's operating system. If you copy a 32GB image to a larger capacity card, say 64GB, the Raspberry Pi operating system will only use 32GB of the 64GB card. To use all available memory of the SD card you can expand the file system to use the whole card. With a RPi connected to a monitor and keyboard, put the SD card with the new image into the Raspberry Pi, boot, and log in, username: pi password: raspberry. After logging in type "sudo raspi-config" and hit enter. This will open an RPi config utility. From the options listed, there will be one along the lines of "expand file system." Use the arrow keys to highlight the expand file system option and hit enter. It will ask you if you want to expand the file system to the size of the SD card on next reboot, highlight "yes" using the arrow keys and hit enter. You can also change the default password to something else from the raspi-config menu as well. Then exit the config utility and it will ask you if you want to reboot now. Reboot now and the operating system will then be using all available space on the SD card. I mentioned earlier that we are making a smaller image, the main reason for this is that is does not take as long to write/copy SD cards, then use the above method to expand the file system to use the whole card.
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Post by David MSGC on Jun 14, 2016 18:18:15 GMT -7
We have an 8GB .iso
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Post by ohioeclipseballoontm on Oct 24, 2016 10:36:00 GMT -7
Hi David! Is the .iso available for download? We are working on activating the tilt servo for the Pi camera and the .iso image would help. Thank you! Jeremy
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Post by David MSGC on Oct 25, 2016 8:42:39 GMT -7
There is supposed to be a copy available for download at the eclipse website but I cannot find it. I will find out for sure where/if it is and reply here. If it is not available somewhere maybe I can share it on my personal google drive. I compressed/zipped a copy yesterday to see if it would be small enough to email but it was just shy of 2GB when zipped. I will find out ASAP. In the meantime you can make a copy of one of your SD cards to start another SD card from.
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Post by David MSGC on Oct 25, 2016 9:43:58 GMT -7
I made a folder named "Raspberry_Pi_SDcard_image" in the MSGC project box google drive that was shared with all the teams. It contains a compressed/zip file with the SD card .iso in it. Teams can download the zip file, uncompressed it, and then they will have the .iso to make SD cards from. If anyone is familiar with file hashes they are provide in a .txt file to verify your download and copy.
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Post by ohioeclipseballoontm on Oct 28, 2016 3:54:13 GMT -7
Hi David! Shane replied he is working on uploading the .iso image. Please post a link when it's available. Thank you! Jeremy
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Post by Manu on Jul 2, 2017 16:52:47 GMT -7
Hi,
OS on our Pi crashed.
Could someone guide me through all the packages that I need to install in order to get my imaging payload working?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by David MSGC on Jul 2, 2017 18:05:21 GMT -7
It would be much easier to flash the SD card from one of the pre-compiled disk images/.iso file. The image has nearly everything setup and installed except you will have to expand the file system to use the entire SD card and change the ad-hoc network name to match the name your ground station is setup for. All the instructions including the .iso files are in the material provided at the July 2017 workshop. The slideshow and .iso file are also on the google drive and eclipse website. eclipse.montana.edu/resources/ If you want to use the new stuff from June 2017 the .iso files and instructions are on the eclipse website under "Team Resources" eclipse.montana.edu/rfd-payload-pi-update-gps-tracking-through-rfd/
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