Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Hi, I've read this thread about netbooting picore player 3.2. Very interesting subject. I've been trying to netboot an picore player v7 with an RPI4 but i have no luck getting pcp running. The os boots fine but no pcp installation mounted. Is there any progress or new information on netbooting picore player with newer versions on newer hardware ? kind regards. trebor.ed's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71494 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
jmccoy555 wrote: > Hello all. > > I'm trying to get this going, following Post 1 I have got the kernel to > load and end up with a terminal session. PiCorePlayer is not yet > loading. > > I'm a bit lost at point 3, where do I put the script? > > I've had a bit of a poke around and have found the default > /opt/bootlocal.sh, but I think this is read only and lost on a reboot. I > cant see where this is loaded from or how to replace it with > epoch1970's? > > Some pointers would be great > > Thanks. I don't have a local pCP machine to look at, but I dont remember that script was read-only. It belongs to root, probably, but you can "sudo vi" or "sudo chmod a+rw" I suppose. Once you've added stuff to it, run "pcp bu" as the normal tc user. This pcp command executes a *b*ack*u*p of some files to mydata.tgz. IIRC "pcp bu" is a wrapper around the standard OS backup script "filetool.sh". There is a file (/opt/.filetool.lst?) configuring what gets included to mydata.tgz. /opt/bootlocal.sh is among the files that get saved. At boot, mydata.tgz is uncompressed and content is restored. If you forget to "pcp bu" before rebooting, you lose your modifications. -You have been warned.- I was warned too, many times, and I still forget to commit my changes from time to time... :) 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Hello all. I'm trying to get this going, following Post 1 I have got the kernel to load and end up with a terminal session. PiCorePlayer is not yet loading. I'm a bit lost at point 3, where do I put the script? I've had a bit of a poke around and have found the default /opt/bootlocal.sh, but I think this is read only and lost on a reboot. I cant see where this is loaded from or how to replace it with epoch1970's? Some pointers would be great Thanks. jmccoy555's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Yeah I'm pretty miffed by the situation. For those who'd like to get rid of the SD and do not mind attending reboot and power cycle the machine if it doesn't come alive, here is the last configuration I was running on the Raspbian server. It runs good, but not reliably enough for me. I was targeting unattended reboot after general power failure (the Pi 3 server being protected by an UPS) This setup was running on "Linux srv 4.9.24-v7+ #993 SMP Wed Apr 26 18:01:23 BST 2017 armv7l GNU/Linux" (Raspbian lite) on Pi 3. All wired network, DHCP server on an ISP router box, 2 switches: one close to the players, one in the router box (Pi 3 server connected to it). 1. Install atftpd in addition to dnsmasq. For me dnsmasq has a bug in its tftp server and often sends files that belong to the wrong player. The symptom is the player doesn't boot and blinks its green led 3 times repeatedly. This is solved by using atftpd. 2. Configure both to work together. For atftpd I have boosted the number of threads to improve processing of parallel booting of multiple players. The timeout option computed by the client is disregarded as I read there was a bug there in the Pi 3 firmware, but these tweaks might be useless. This is /etc/default/atftpd: Code: USE_INETD=false OPTIONS="--user=root.root --retry-timeout=30 --maxthread=200 --no-timeout --verbose=3 --listen-local /tftp" 3. As clients would still randomly decide to sit on their butt doing nothing, I decided in a last-ditch effort to supersede the router's built-in DHCP server with dnsmasq in the Pi 3 server. So dnsmasq no longer works in proxy mode, but as an authoritative DHCP server. Having 2 active DHCP servers would disrupt networking, so dnsmasq is configured to respond only to a specific set of Pi clients. This is /etc/dnsmasq.conf: Code: log-dhcp # Debug mode log-async=50# Weak IO/s on Pi dhcp-no-override# Safe behaviour dhcp-ignore=tag:!known # Only known Pis (below) pxe-service=0,"Raspberry Pi Boot" # Boot service for Pi 3 dhcp-option=66,"192.168.1.161" # Inform clients of the TFTP server name, ourselves # Needed for atftpd dhcp-authoritative # Try to help Pi3s get an address to boot... dhcp-range=192.168.1.100,192.168.1.175 # ... and its still not enough. It's broken. # Known hosts dhcp-host=b8:27:eb:01:02:03:04,player1 ... Once booted, I had excellent sync over my 5 test players (pcp3.20beta5). Reboot usually works, as it is easier to get a single Pi to boot compared to 5 at the same time. Rebooting the server puts players in stasis while they try to regain their root filesystem over NFS. After a few minutes, the players are operational again and sync fine. Finally be aware that switches on the path may affect the players boot behaviour, especially if they are power cycled as well. "Smart" switches that take their time to boot and activate their ports have an adverse effect, possibly also switches with "green" features that activate ports on demand. YMMV, and good luck. 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
epoch1970 wrote: > I am done with it. That's good enough for me. Glad I didn't start. It's fantastic that this forum generates so many diverse functions and facilities. Personally I haven't had any SlimDevices/Logitech products for at least two years but the infrastructure is so good, thanks to all the great developers, that I wouldn't think of going anywhere else. And when I can get a true audiophile quality server/player for about £100.00 it's hard to imagine moving away from this system. Keep on trucking. LMS: 7.9.0 - 1488878280 @ Tue Mar 7 09:28:02 UTC 2017 on Raspberry Pi 3B piCorePlayer v3.20 Server/ARCAM rPAC DAC, 2.5 inch HD (pi powered) HOMEPLUG LAN PLAYERS: Squeezelite on Windows 10 PC Raspberry Pi 2B piCorePlayer v3.20/Topping VX2 DAC/Amp *Wifi Players:* UPnP Wifi Players: 2 x Chromecast Audio, 2 x Chromecast Video ian_heys's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2629 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
I am done with it. I fiddled with every possible aspect of the software and hardware on my test setup, and my conclusion is that it is not possible to get 5 players to boot together, repeatably, with a Pi 3 as the server. Perhaps there is still room for improvement in the firmware, but it's possible we'll have to wait for Pi 4 to get netbooting to work in real life... 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Thanks for that - very clear. I may go on to try it out - but just a little busy with other LMS matters at the moment. Will post here if I do find it useful. LMS: 7.9.0 - 1488878280 @ Tue Mar 7 09:28:02 UTC 2017 on Raspberry Pi 3B piCorePlayer v3.20 Server/ARCAM rPAC DAC, 2.5 inch HD (pi powered) HOMEPLUG LAN PLAYERS: Squeezelite on Windows 10 PC Raspberry Pi 2B piCorePlayer v3.20/Topping VX2 DAC/Amp *Wifi Players:* UPnP Wifi Players: 2 x Chromecast Audio, 2 x Chromecast Video ian_heys's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2629 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
ian_heys wrote: > 1. Do all the players have to be the same Pi Version and all be > players? > 2. Is the operating system/squeezelite/LMS upradeable once the OS has > loaded and does the player have to go back to base OS if one of the > players stops? > 3. I suppose if all the players had identical hardware and DAC's etc > then the updated image could be kept on the central server? 1. Yes, netbooting is a Pi 3 specific feature, AFAIK. Something to do with the chipset model used. 2. According to my tests, you can boot, configure pCP and reboot into the new config like if the OS was installed on the SD. 3. The OSes don't need to be the same, they are stored in the server. The Pi 3 client boots the OS it fetches via TFTP under a path that includes its serial number, e.g. "/tftp/123456/". Then in the OS config you specify an NFS export to serve as root directory, e.g. "/export/123456/pCP". So you need a bit of room on the server (but in the case of pCP the OS is so small it just doesn't matter). And you can access a machine's system right away under /tftp or /export. Very easy compared to using an SD. As I mentioned, boot reliability is not good enough in my case. If there is no solution to this, then I don't think the setup is viable. 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
epoch1970 wrote: > Howdy, netbooters everywhere. Hi Epoch, I hadn't realised the relevance of your signature before I composed my first post to you. I wasn't considering Net Booting as I was quite happy with my set-up, but yesterday, on one of my Pi's, the SD card latch broke, which prompted a few questions about Net Booting. 1. Do all the players have to be the same Pi Version and all be players? 2. Is the operating system/squeezelite/LMS upradeable once the OS has loaded and does the player have to go back to base OS if one of the players stops? 3. I suppose if all the players had identical hardware and DAC's etc then the updated image could be kept on the central server? Sorry for the basic questions. LMS: 7.9.0 - 1488878280 @ Tue Mar 7 09:28:02 UTC 2017 on Raspberry Pi 3B piCorePlayer v3.20 Server/ARCAM rPAC DAC, 2.5 inch HD (pi powered) HOMEPLUG LAN PLAYERS: Squeezelite on Windows 10 PC Raspberry Pi 2B piCorePlayer v3.20/Topping VX2 DAC/Amp *Wifi Players:* UPnP Wifi Players: 2 x Chromecast Audio, 2 x Chromecast Video ian_heys's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2629 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Howdy, netbooters everywhere. I am testing now with 5 clients (pcp3.20beta5) and a Raspbian Lite server. I'm trying to boot all 5 at once, with mixed results. Here is what I can report for now: - It looks like Pi 3 clients send discovery packets as soon as they have powered up, so if they are behind a switch that takes its time booting, like learning network topology for STP, then the packets are lost and the Pis stay put for a while. Don't know how long, it is not my test case. The solution seems to be configuring the switch to "fast-open" some ports to let the traffic go through. - My Pis wear Justboom amp HATs, for the moment I use two 24V PSUs, one 18V, one 12V and one 5V "official" Pi 3 PSU. I *think* that if the Pis are not totally powered down when they regain power, they don't boot so well. I have 1 of the Pis on nylon stand-offs, the 4 others on brass standoffs, no difference. The one with the "official PSU" is powered via µ-USB, the others via the DC barrel connector on the amp, no difference. - I am testing with 2 switches on the path: one giga integrated to a router, another next to the clients. For this one I test mainly with an old no-name fast switch: boot is not consistent, and sync sometimes suffers. I've also tested with a brand new Netgear GS108T v2: sync seems flawless, boot better but not perfect. - The setup I used initially (described above) was to automount a bind mount between /exports and /tftp. I found out the mounts would expire or not come up at the appropriate time, so I have replaced that with symbolic link. This clearly improved the boot success rate. - I *suspect* that the discovery protocol of LMS might cause some players to stall during boot. I have anecdotal evidence players boot better (if not perfect?) with LMS stopped. Supposedly broadcasts can stop a Pi from TFTP-booting, if you have more info on that I'm interested. 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Hi, with an empty SD card with only bootcode.bin on it, even a Raspberry Pi 2 can netboot picoreplayer. But Rpi2 does not look into the serialnumber folder, he searches the boot files in the pxe root. Took me a day to find that problem. It is also possible to boot from a USB Stick. I just write the piCorePlayer img to the stick as I would do with an SD card and it worked out of the box. Even mydata.gz gets written to sda2. But config.txt changes are written back to the bootcode.bin sd card, which then brakes the booting. Wetty's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66731 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Hi Huxmut, Indeed the case you linked is the one that allowed me to have a pi in the living room, and does use the sd-extender. On the subject of netbooting ; it would be awesome to have an empty pi to learn all configuration over the network. Firmware, OS, configuration and executables all over the net. A central server, preferably a PCP , with the needed services and storage could centralise all that. Unfortunately it would be wired ethernet only at this moment. And I use all my players and LMServer wireless at this moment. ( I know the disadvantages and risks, but it works for me ) I have been thinking about wifi booting, but that would be quite more complex ( SSID, passwords, chipsets supported ) and impossible until the bootloader is extended for this. And frankly I do not expect the raspberry foundation to put time into that wifi-netbooting concept. A recently purchased wifi printer however showed me it is possible to recognise and configure a factory default node to work on the wifi network without memorycard, USB connection or key input on the device. So technically it is not impossible. Still parts of the central repository can be done with scripting and pushing config files to a central node. It would be similar to the insitu upgrades and also have the same drawbacks. For me it is a nice thing to debate, but in my situation I would stay with card swapping, as it almost as easy and flexible. Only a full USB boot would help ease the handling. Regards MH M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Hi M H, yes i've seen those extenders. Also the way some of the cases mount the Pi and Hats away from the LCD display etc look good (but expensive) I thought (for my situation) a network solution would be best as it means there is one single location/folder/NAS/LUN/TFTP server to put an image in and have it work for every pCP client on the network. I'll be happy with whatever the pCP devs and epoch1970 comeup with though :D I'm just throwing ideas around :) rPi 3 + rasPi 7" LCD + HiFiBerry DiGi+ | rPi 2 + IQaudio DAC+ |rPi 2 + HiFiBerry DAC+ | Squeeze Box Touch | LMS + XPenology on HP Gen 8 | huxmut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65108 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Further reading on the other bootmodes of the pi 3, made me aware on USB boot options. It seems the USB boot from a regular msd is possible, and this should also be possible for small tf card readers. So for embedded systems that have exposed USB / ethernet ports of a rpi3 , there is a < 1 Euro solution to boot over the USB port. I am not sure if PCP has been tested successfully with usb boots sofar. I might have missed the discussion on this. Please update me with a link if this is already documented . MH M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
huxmut wrote: > , would this allow me a 'no easy access' build eg. the Pi could be > buried in an amplifier, where access to the SD card is time > consuming/PITA. Hi Humax. The TF card swap in systems with embedded raspberries indeed does hinder upgrades. When I bought a deluxe casing for my Pi , I was pleasantly surprised it came with a 'sd card extender'. Searching with this string on some sites will give you more info instantly. I do recommend you use this knowledge for any embedded pi you have already or will build in the future. Greetz , MH M-H's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
I don't know u-boot, tinycore and pCP enough to say what is possible in terms of updates when the system runs. The Pi has no traditional BIOS, the only thing it can do by itself is test the SD, the USB and the network for boot media. The media includes firmware and OS. Since TinyCoreLinux is so compact, I don't think you can find much gain in using some pivot OS on an SD. Now, 'according to the Pi 3 boot description' (https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/bootflow.md), if the OS on your SD (pCP) had a "suicide" option that would remove bootcode.bin, then on reboot the machine would look for media on the USB or network to boot from. And if such media was available and held a new version of the OS that had a "persist to SD" option, you could reboot and write the new OS to the SD. Unplug USB or ethernet, reboot again and you're done. Many devices have some "maintenance" USB port, with Pi 3 you theoretically could have either an USB or ethernet maintenance port. Purely theoretical. As I said I'm short of everything (even SDs) so testing is a bit cumbersome for me right now. 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
thanks epoch epoch1970 wrote: > If you keep a system on an SD, then I think you're somewhat looking at > an upgrade system like pCP has already. it's probably me justing wanting to do it for the sake of doing it rather than any logical reason, but I do like the idea of having a boot file on the sd card and the 'core' OS and config files hosted on my nas. now, just wondering aloud here - for those updates that currently require a total rewrite of the uSD card, would this allow me a 'no easy access' build eg. the Pi could be buried in an amplifier, where access to the SD card is time consuming/PITA. and, if config changes were required would it be a case of SSH into the client Pi or would it be better if the config was also remote and a plain text file for easy updates ?? or is it more likely a case of having seperate images for each client hosted on the NAS therefore defeating my desire to have a singular pCP image hosted ?? Again, thanks for your efforts, I've started reading up on U-boot and other ideas like that, it's quite mad what a little Pi is capable of these days :) rPi 3 + rasPi 7" LCD + HiFiBerry DiGi+ | rPi 2 + IQaudio DAC+ |rPi 2 + HiFiBerry DAC+ | Squeeze Box Touch | LMS + XPenology on HP Gen 8 | huxmut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65108 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Yes a Pi 3 can netboot clients, I can't tell how many because atm I have a single Pi serving alternatively as client and server... But since the OS is light, the Pi should be able to manage quite a few clients simultaneously. I expect to be able to test for 5 clients booting simultaneously. You can't netboot from wifi on Pi 3. With an external ethernet-wifi bridge that should work, though. Actually I have an old "gaming adapter" somewhere, I could verify that... If you keep a system on an SD, then I think you're somewhat looking at an upgrade system like pCP has already. 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
hey epoch1970, thanks a lot for this. this idea has interested me for a while ... this question is more for steen and pCP dev guys, is it possible to have to have a pi3 (or other NAS/server) as a LMS and a netboot master of everything ? i guess i'd love if the client Pi's could have a uSD card with the basic info to get it started, like wifi password and i2s dac config and whatever else might be different across the clients. that way i only need to update a single Pi when there is a new version of pCP i realise that you guys are super busy with other things. maybe add it to the "one day i'll get around to it" list :) thanks again rPi 3 + rasPi 7" LCD + HiFiBerry DiGi+ | rPi 2 + IQaudio DAC+ |rPi 2 + HiFiBerry DAC+ | Squeeze Box Touch | LMS + XPenology on HP Gen 8 | huxmut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=65108 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Very interesting thread. Something I thought of doing but was scared by the amount of work. Good description. Getting away from that fiddling with SD cards that need not more than a view MB is good riddance. Logitech Media Server 7.9.0 / Arch64 / 'ts-435 mini' (https://www.qnap.com/en/product/model.php?II=189) Living:'Transporter Second Edition (smashing wiki page!)' (https://tinyurl.com/q7ff4xr), 'Touch' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Squeezebox_Touch), 'Denon AVR 1912' (https://tinyurl.com/p44yun7)' + two CM8, two CM1, CMC' (http://www.bowers-wilkins.net/Speakers/Home_Audio/CM_Series) Study:'Classic, Quad 303 + two Quad ESL 57' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?43875-A-SB3-a-Quad-303-and-the-left-hand-ESL) Kitchen:'Radio White' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Squeezebox_Radio) Wellness center:'piCorePlayer/Hifiberry DAC+ pro' (https://www.hifiberry.com/products/dacplus/), 'Kanto YU2' (http://www.kantoliving.com/product/yu2/) 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/th00ht), 'SoS, ' (https://tinyurl.com/pbzsf8l)'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) th00ht's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15656 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Sure, glad to be of help. I hope others will find the idea interesting ;) My use-case is a set of players in a public place, my drivers to want this were: a. scrape a few bucks per player, b. remove a cause of failure, c. allow remote "bare metal" players administration, d. save the planet (one less part to source), e. a tiny bit less smoke in case the player somehow catches fire. pCP 3.20 looks/sounds good, btw. Thanks! 3 SB 3 Libratone Loop, Zipp Mini iPeng (iPhone + iPad) LMS 7.9 (linux) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput, Triode's BBC iPlayer by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix, Music Walk With Me, What Was That Tune? by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson AirPlay Bridge by philippe_44 WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
Re: [SlimDevices: Unix] Netbooting piCorePlayer 3.x
Hi epoch1970. This is great news, thank you very much for your hard work and for the detailed documentation of the steps. So I will have to try this out and let us see if there is a demand for this method then it might slip into pCP. Regarding disabling the webGUI I agree that after you have set up your pCP you usually can forget about it as you don't need to change anything. Steen piCorePlayer a small player for the Raspberry Pi in RAM. Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home *Please 'donate' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations=U7JHY5WYHCNRU=GB_code=USD=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted) if you like the piCorePlayer* sbp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107233 ___ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
