[Server-devel] Raspberry Pi Model B3+ - booting from big USB Stick - failure

[Adam Holt]

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:24 PM Internet Box <internet.in.a.boxx at gmail.com>
wrote:

> yes, i do make my life difficult
>
> because
>
> - USB Sticks are cheap  18 € in Berlin 128 GByte
> - USB sticks are very large
> - USB sticks can be replaced easyly
> - USB sticks will last longer than uSDcards
>

What's the evidence for that?

so this is a world premiere  i assume
>

Ok if you are wanting an adventure please document your travels for others!

Can you open a ticket at https://github.com/iiab/iiab when you hit
obstacles along this road, so that your trail is beneficial to others too
if it works out?

Adam



> gerhard
>
> Am Di., 19. März 2019 um 22:16 Uhr schrieb Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org>:
>
>> HI Gerhard,
>>
>> Can you please use a microSD card, instead of a USB stick?
>>
>> Internet-in-a-Box is not normally installed onto a USB stick!
>>
>> In fact I don't know if this has ever been attempted before, so you're
>> making your life difficult :-)
>>
>> Then again if that is your choice, it is possible manual step-by-step
>> instructions below *might* work -- entirely at your own risk -- and you
>> will certainly need Linux expertise if so:
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/iiab/iiab/wiki/IIAB-Installation#do-everything-from-scratch
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:09 PM Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 4:54 PM Internet Box <
>>> internet.in.a.boxx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> i am gerhard from berlin and i am experimenting with iiab
>>>>
>>>> i succeded in booting my raspberry pi model b3+ from a 128 GB USB Stick
>>>> (costs are only 18€)
>>>> ok
>>>> then i wanted to let work this magic sentence
>>>>
>>>> curl d.iiab.io/install.txt | sudo bash
>>>>
>>>> but i got an error message in the beginning:
>>>>
>>>> tune2fs: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden beim Versuch,
>>>> /dev/mmcblk0p2 zu öffnen
>>>> Es kann kein gültiger Dateisystem-Superblock gefunden werden.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That seems to be German for:
>>>
>>> File or directory not found when trying to open /dev/mmcblk0p2
>>> Can not find a valid file system superblock.
>>>
>>>
>>> What exact OS are you running?
>>>
>>> Internet-in-a-Box strongly recommends Raspbian -- any one of the 3 from
>>> this page:
>>> https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
>>>
>>>
>>> PS click "installation guide" near the very top of that page if you're
>>> not used to burning/flashing images using Etcher, Win32 Disk Images or "dd".
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @ http://unleashkids.org !
>>
>
>
> --
> Gerhard, Berlin/Germany
> internet.in.a.boxx at gmail.com
>
>

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