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You can always plug in a spinning disk. I used an RPi Model A to stream HD video off an HDD for around a year and it worked just fine. Keep an image of your SSD
by joeblubaugh 4y ago
You can always plug in a spinning disk. I used an RPi Model A to stream HD video off an HDD for around a year and it worked just fine. Keep an image of your SSD in case it gets corrupted and you need to reinstall.
- Manu40 4y agoOkay, so forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I thought the R-pi 2 requires the OS to be on the micro-sd to boot and can't use USB or PCI adapter connected drives?
- violetsy 4y agoIt's possible to keep just a bootloader on the SD card, and have everything else on USB storage, so if the SD fails the data is safe and you just need to set up the bootloader again.
- joeblubaugh 4y agoYes, that’s true. What I was suggesting: * put the OS on the sd card. * Put all the data on an external drive that is more reliable. * Take a snapshot image of the sd card when setup is complete. If your sd card is ever corrupted you can use the image to restore the server.
- Manu40 4y agoOh, okay. Thanks.