The file system is the way an operating system organises its data on the storage (usually non-volatile, like an SD card) available to it.
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Setting up the Raspberry as a data logger
As the title states I'm working on a simple embedded application which reads some information from the serial port and logs it to file, in addition to displaying a bit of status on the display.
I'm ...
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How do I power down my Pi if I'm ssh'ed in?
I want to power down my Pi, but I don't have console access... I'm just logged in via ssh.
So I issue sudo shutdown now and it drops my connection almost instantly. How long should I wait to unplug ...
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samba server (smbd) causes “mount: / is busy”
I am developing an application on Raspberry Pi. I am using samba to share my RAMDISK over network. Here below you can see my fstab:
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
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Could you write directly on an external hdd drive with owncloud reading the files?
I have a small owncloud server on Raspbian and owncloud stores all data on an external hdd drive wich is connected to the raspbeerry pi. Right now I would like to upload all my movies, music etc. to ...
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Boot from SD but use a thumb drive as RootFS
How would I make my RPi boot from the SD card, then immediately direct to my thumb drive (USB/Flash Disk) to run the Root FileSystem. I need to do this because I will be doing some quite heavy storage ...
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Create a Windows readable/writable FAT32 partition
I have Raspbian installed on my Pi. I want to create a FAT32 partition on the unallocated space on my SD card. I followed this guide to create a partition. The partition is readable/writable on ...
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Cannot Expand FileSystem
When I first install the Wheezy OS on a Kingston 8GB class 10 SD card, using Win32DiskImager, it works fine, but the second that I try to expand the FileSystem by bringing up the config screen (sudo ...
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Cannot mount hard drive - No /dev/sda
I'm trying to follow intructions found here (http://www.jeremymorgan.com/tutorials/raspberry-pi/how-to-raspberry-pi-file-server/) on how to set up a file server with the Raspberry pi, but cannot mount ...
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XBMC settings sync on Raspbmc
How can I sync the settings of XBMC on my Raspbmc with the XBMC which I've installed on a computer or Android phone, on the same LAN?
Thanks
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Not completing boot. Failing to mount the local file system
On boot I'm getting to the line
[OK] Setting kernel variables ... done
A few lines before that there is a failure
[....] Mounting local file system...[ 14.601764] mmc0: missed completion of cmd ...
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Strategies to deal with unpredictable power supply
I want to install a Pi in my car and use it to record GPS data. What strategies (in my program) can I follow to minimize problems due to power being interrupted when writing to the SD card?
So far I ...
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“shutdown -r now” crashed after overclocking
How I hosed my ext4 file system in the first hour with Raspbian:
I have always used shutdown -r now. I tried this after editing my overclocking parameters manually. I remember setting arm_freq to 900 ...
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Where is the script for raspi-config stored in the FS on Raspbian?
While the raspi-config script makes for convenient setup on first boot, one of the reasons I have a Raspberry Pi is to help me learn what goes on behind the menu on my computers.
I would like to see ...
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What file system format should I use on flash memory?
This is for a data logger application running under latest Debian/Raspbian. The app will run long term and write about 1M of ASCII per day to a large flash drive (say, 32GB). There will be few ...
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How do I mount the .img files under Ubuntu?
I just downloaded the Debian and Arch Linux files and I would like to mount before I burn into the SD card. How can I mount the img?
I tried to mount but I'm getting the following error:
sudo mount ...
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fstab not mounting partitions automatically [closed]
When I create new partitions on the flash drive I'm finding that they are not being mounted at boot. Here is my fstab:
devpts /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
shm ...
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Is BTRFS Supported on Arch Linux?
Does the Arch Linux image already support BTRFS or would i need to compile it into the kernel myself?
If the latter is the case, a short guide on how one would do that would be great.
