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Win32DiskImager

If you ever needed to clone a USB, SD Memory card, etc. Using Win32DiskImager is a excellent program tool for the job. Win32DiskImager, enabled you to save and restore raw images to removable media.  I have been using this for my Raspberry Pi installs and other USB Bootable media as a way to quickly backup and […]

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Raspberry Pi – Root FS on USB Thumb Drive

“We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” – Isaac Newton Today I worked on resetting up my Raspberry Pi with a minimal image from Chris’s Digital Realm. I like this image because its very basic and does what one would want. Boot, and assigned an IP Address via DHCP, and best of all, fits on a […]

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Openfiler USB Install

Details / OverviewRecently I had the need to boot Openfiler from a USB flash (thumb) drive.Note:  This installation method requires a Openfiler install to a hard disk, along with the USB driveI am using the hard drive installation to create a usb-storage enabled initrd file and thenI copy this new file to the USB drive so that I can […]