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


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