Subj : Re: RPis
To   : Gamgee
From : N1uro
Date : Sat May 22 2021 08:50 pm

Hello Gamgee;

 Ga> On an RPi-4 (and I think the 3B+ also), an SD card is not required at
 Ga> all.  I have a 4 that boots and runs from a 500GB SSD housed in an
 Ga> (externally powered) enclosure connected to the Pi with USB3.  It runs
 Ga> 24x7 doing various things for me (not running the BBS), such as my DDNS
 Ga> updater, automated system-status emails, and distributed computing (the
 Ga> BOINC projects).  Works very well and is fast.  Again, it does not even
 Ga> have an SD card installed in it, and boots/operates from the SSD.

I haven't looked at the 4's. When they first came out there was a flood of
reports of them catching fire - and I don't care to make smores indoors <G>
At least they realized one of their faults. What about ram expansion for the
4?

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