Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Portable server install? (Windows external drive)

2021-12-20 Thread Peter Galbavy
gordonb3 wrote: > Interesting question, because LMS is effectively portable by design. > Never installed it on Windows myself though so I'm not sure how they > organized things to start LMS using an exe rather than a shell (cmd/bat) > command. Thanks for the effort and suggestion. I'll give it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Portable server install? (Windows external drive)

2021-12-20 Thread Paul Webster
Another RPi supporter here ... sorry ... but some ideas might help as well. I've setup a RPi Zero 2W as an LMS for travel over Christmas. I also prepared a very old Apple Airport Express and configured it as a wired access point. It has the same WiFi SSID and passphrase as the home setup so it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Portable server install? (Windows external drive)

2021-12-20 Thread Grumpy Bob
Well, an easy solution is to make a portable server with an SSD and a Raspberry Pi. I put one together in a case salvaged from an old media player, with a 2Tb SSD drive and a Raspberry Pi3. Presumably you could set it up to access wifi at your destination or as an access point. Robert *Home:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Portable server install? (Windows external drive)

2021-12-20 Thread gordonb3
Interesting question, because LMS is effectively portable by design. Never installed it on Windows myself though so I'm not sure how they organized things to start LMS using an exe rather than a shell (cmd/bat) command. My guess is that it is the exe that makes it a static install, so that will

[SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Portable server install? (Windows external drive)

2021-12-20 Thread Peter Galbavy
Going to take my music library on holiday on an external drive. I would like to try a postable install and happily only start LMS from the drive when it's plugged in obviously, but the standard MSI download doesn't even offer the option of selecting the install location. Is there any existing