Subj : Re: Bookworm on "Raspberry Pi Model B Plus Rev 1.2", OK? To : druck From : Chris Green Date : Tue Dec 03 2024 08:18:22 druck wrote: > On 30/11/2024 13:20, Chris Green wrote: > > There's actually a quite large USB stick plugged into it too that has > > quite a lot of spare space so if I get to feel a bit paranoid about > > the SD card I can copy all the important bits to the USB stick. I can > > do this remotely using an ssh connection. I don't fancy trying a major > > upgrade vi ssh though! > > I've done major upgrades to remote Pi's and while it was a bit of a > squeaky bottom time, they all worked and came back up with the new OS. > I've considered trying a couple of times but since it's all working OK and I don't really **need** to move it to Bookworm I've not bothered. > Ironically it was a minor update to one of my remote Pi's which resulted > it not coming back on the VPN. I had to then drive an hour to sort it > out, and found it had just hung on rebooting, as can occasionally > happen, and was fine after a power cycle. > My remote Pi is a five hour drive and a ferry crossing to France away! > Using an internet connected switched socket would have fixed that > without having to be there, but I still haven't got around to buying one. > That's a good idea, and it would have other uses for me too, I could switch the shore power connection remotely which might be handy if the solar panels aren't keeping the batteries properly charged. The shore power is disconnected when I'm away to minimise galvanic corrosion. -- Chris Green ยท --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .