foone , vor einem Monat Englisch I'm gonna see if I can get my raspi to boot from a spinning rust drive. Why not?
I'm gonna see if I can get my raspi to boot from a spinning rust drive. Why not?
GamesMissed , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone Absolutely possible. I have a couple of the discontinued WD Labs PiDrives here, they work well, albeit slowly: https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/western-digital-pidrive
@foone Absolutely possible. I have a couple of the discontinued WD Labs PiDrives here, they work well, albeit slowly:
https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/western-digital-pidrive
jpm , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone easy, Pi4 can boot from USB storage. I know this because I destroyed the MicroSD socket on one of my Pi4’s…
@foone easy, Pi4 can boot from USB storage. I know this because I destroyed the MicroSD socket on one of my Pi4’s…
mattgrayyes , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone those diddy iPod drives are a perfect size for them too!
@foone those diddy iPod drives are a perfect size for them too!
fsphil , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone I used a spinny disk a few times on a Pi Zero to compile some large programs. Worked well but felt so wrong.
@foone I used a spinny disk a few times on a Pi Zero to compile some large programs. Worked well but felt so wrong.
rotopenguin , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone how hard could it be to hook up an Rpi to IDE? It has more than enough pins.
@foone how hard could it be to hook up an Rpi to IDE? It has more than enough pins.
tehstu , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone Should do. I've been running my 4, and later 5, off an SSD in a USB enclosure. Although the latter just graduated to NVMe. Ought to be faster than an SD card? Although this is where you, specifically, bust out a Winchester drive or something bonkers!
@foone Should do. I've been running my 4, and later 5, off an SSD in a USB enclosure. Although the latter just graduated to NVMe.
Ought to be faster than an SD card? Although this is where you, specifically, bust out a Winchester drive or something bonkers!
dannotdaniel , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone and we were singing bye bye this raspberry pi drove my 3B to the boot screen on a spinning rust drive sorry
@foone and we were singing
bye bye this raspberry pi drove my 3B to the boot screen on a spinning rust drive
sorry
yakkoj , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone it worked for me when I added the firmware to make RasPi 3 boot USB. Booted off WD's 3.14GB drive fine!
@foone it worked for me when I added the firmware to make RasPi 3 boot USB. Booted off WD's 3.14GB drive fine!
fozztexx , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone 50 pin, 34 pin, or 40 pin?
@foone 50 pin, 34 pin, or 40 pin?
foone OP , vor einem Monat Englisch @fozztexx hard mode: mfm
@fozztexx hard mode: mfm
fozztexx , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone Is that harder than 50 pin Shugart?
@foone Is that harder than 50 pin Shugart?
acsawdey , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone @fozztexx How about a CDC 3764: SMD interface 150 mb 14” platters Belt drive Building lights dim when it spins up
@foone @fozztexx How about a CDC 3764:
SMD interface 150 mb 14” platters Belt drive Building lights dim when it spins up
darkling , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone Let me count the ways... (actually, seems like a relatively easy target on the face of it. Are you going soft?)
@foone Let me count the ways...
(actually, seems like a relatively easy target on the face of it. Are you going soft?)
mori , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone Booting a rPi from one of the velociraptor drives I have kicking around would be hilarious... I kinda want to try this now too.
@foone Booting a rPi from one of the velociraptor drives I have kicking around would be hilarious... I kinda want to try this now too.
puppygirlhornypost , vor einem Monat @mori @foone WD Raptors were insane. my god the RPM I remember once plugging one in with power on my desk and it moved around like insert vibrating apparatus here
@mori @foone WD Raptors were insane. my god the RPM I remember once plugging one in with power on my desk and it moved around like insert vibrating apparatus here
foone OP , vor einem Monat Englisch @puppygirlhornypost @mori I wonder if vibrating a hard drive lowers the read speed? I need to hook up a Hitachi to an old... I was gonna say something like "an old wd caviar" but I just remembered that Hitachi made hard drives too. So now I need to try using a Hitachi on a Hitachi
@puppygirlhornypost @mori I wonder if vibrating a hard drive lowers the read speed?
I need to hook up a Hitachi to an old... I was gonna say something like "an old wd caviar" but I just remembered that Hitachi made hard drives too.
So now I need to try using a Hitachi on a Hitachi
9names , vor einem Monat Englisch @foone @puppygirlhornypost @mori Have you ever watched "shouting in the datacenter"? Hitachi on Hitachi is going to be next-level though
@foone @puppygirlhornypost @mori Have you ever watched "shouting in the datacenter"? Hitachi on Hitachi is going to be next-level though
foone OP , vor einem Monat Englisch @9names @puppygirlhornypost @mori yeah! I used to work for an SSD company, our CTO had a link to that video in his email signature
@9names @puppygirlhornypost @mori yeah! I used to work for an SSD company, our CTO had a link to that video in his email signature