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by piglet
Wed May 02, 2018 10:47 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: UPS for a 3B & WD PiDrive Foundation Edition
Replies: 14
Views: 1944

Re: UPS for a 3B & WD PiDrive Foundation Edition

Hmmm - the official WD supply I have is 3A, and I get occasional lightning bolts with that when I have no other peripherals than the wd drive, and with the pi not working hard on anything other than periodic internet accesses and a little bit of read-write to the drive based on what it reads. I'm no...
by mosespi
Wed May 02, 2018 10:18 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: UPS for a 3B & WD PiDrive Foundation Edition
Replies: 14
Views: 1944

Re: UPS for a 3B & WD PiDrive Foundation Edition

Hi all, We had a power outage the other day, which my pi didn't like at all! Is anyone able to suggest a UPS which will: + keep the pi and WD PiDrive Foundation Edition hard drive working long enough to survive short glitches without needing to reboot + when battery getting low, to shut down ...
by piglet
Wed May 02, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: UPS for a 3B & WD PiDrive Foundation Edition
Replies: 14
Views: 1944

UPS for a 3B & WD PiDrive Foundation Edition

Hi all, We had a power outage the other day, which my pi didn't like at all! Is anyone able to suggest a UPS which will: + keep the pi and WD PiDrive Foundation Edition hard drive working long enough to survive short glitches without needing to reboot + when battery getting low, to shut down ...
by W. H. Heydt
Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:18 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...
Replies: 9
Views: 1485

Re: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...

Since this has been necro'd, some points... 1. You don't need to use WD installtion procedures or anything else. You ca put an image on a PiDrive with 'dd", then update /boot/cmdline.txt to point to the correct partition for root. It's better to use the Etcher image writing software, and Raspbian ...
by HawaiianPi
Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:24 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...
Replies: 9
Views: 1485

Re: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...

Since this has been necro'd, some points... 1. You don't need to use WD installtion procedures or anything else. You ca put an image on a PiDrive with 'dd", then update /boot/cmdline.txt to point to the correct partition for root. It's better to use the Etcher image writing software, and Raspbian ...
by HawaiianPi
Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:07 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Pi3 - USB boot
Replies: 52
Views: 32925

Re: Pi3 - USB boot

... be tricky booting a Raspberry Pi computer from one. There is a special hard drive made specifically for the Pi by Western Digital. It's called a PiDrive. Might be worth looking into if you really want to use a hard drive. http://wdlabs.wd.com/category/wd-pidrive/ While I do have one system that ...
by W. H. Heydt
Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:26 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...
Replies: 9
Views: 1485

Re: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...

Since this has been necro'd, some points... 1. You don't need to use WD installtion procedures or anything else. You ca put an image on a PiDrive with 'dd", then update /boot/cmdline.txt to point to the correct partition for root. 2. If you use Jessie, you won't get the automatic naming and, ...
by B.Goode
Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:04 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...
Replies: 9
Views: 1485

Re: How to get Jessie on a Pi Drive, not Stretch...

... connection to your RPi, that is what you will get. https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/NOOBS/images/NOOBS-2017-07-05/ Disclaimer: I know nothing of PiDrive or how this is related to solving the primary issue, nor would I encourage you to run an out-of-date Operating System. But if you feel you have ...
by jimbojones
Sun Apr 15, 2018 10:32 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Raspberry Pi 3 B+ lockups
Replies: 464
Views: 81093

Re: Raspberry Pi 3 B+ lockups

... my Pi as a PiHole DNS Server (which uses the Stubby daemon to get DNS-over-TLS), an OpenVPN server, a UniFi Controller, a SMB NAS using a USB WD PiDrive, and qBitTorrent box. This setup was running perfectly fine on my 3B, and I honestly don't remember the last time I had to reboot my 3B, but ...
by daw87uk
Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Booting from PiDrive using existing Raspbian image
Replies: 0
Views: 150

Booting from PiDrive using existing Raspbian image

Hi I have a PiDrive external USB drive which I'd like to boot my Pi 3 from. After much Googling etc, I've modified the settings on the Pi so it can boot from USB. My Raspbian's release date is Sep 2016, so I believe it's not just ...
by RedTailedCoyote
Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:22 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Archiving Software on a RP3
Replies: 4
Views: 537

Archiving Software on a RP3

... I found we could use it as a localhost site and have been looking into that. That has suddenly expanded to questions on whether a RP3 with a PiDrive from Western Digital could handle running some kind of Open Source Archive software like Collective Access. If not one on it's own, I was reading ...
by W. H. Heydt
Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Using an SD card from PI 3 MODEL B in PI 3 MODEL B+
Replies: 7
Views: 16964

Re: Using an SD card from PI 3 MODEL B in PI 3 MODEL B+

... on the old 3B, it booted right up on my new 3B+. +1 That's waht I did when swapping a Pi3B+ in place of a Pi3B that boots from a WD 314GB PiDrive. Having done the update/dist-upgrade earlier in the day, it took less than 5 minutes from opening the package--going "Oooh! Shiny!"--disconnecting ...
by W. H. Heydt
Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:39 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Best practice for longest lifetime ?
Replies: 13
Views: 1696

Re: Best practice for longest lifetime ?

... with me within the week before the event, and sometimes the night before. Others that I travel with--Pi0W name badge, Pi3B--now a Pi3B+--with a WD PiDrive, and a sort of laptop based on a Pi2Bv1.1 and 7" RPF display--get updated when I'm going somewhere that I plan to use them. This thread is reminding ...
by HawaiianPi
Wed Mar 28, 2018 3:59 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: USB Booting issues
Replies: 3
Views: 940

Re: USB Booting issues

... then you'll need to find a compatible device, and I recommend an SSD, since they don't have the spin-up time or power issues. There is also the PiDrive from Western Digital (a USB HDD specially made for the Pi computers).
by cspan
Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:35 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: STICKY: USB boot now working on Pi3
Replies: 545
Views: 332335

Re: STICKY: USB boot now working on Pi3

... USB port. When you get to HDDs, it gets more complicated. You can keep the cost down and get a *lot* more space with an HDD. If you can get a PiDrive (not sure if they're still avaiable from WD), you can power it from a single USB port because WD tuned it for minimal power. People have reported ...
by W. H. Heydt
Sat Mar 24, 2018 4:19 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: STICKY: USB boot now working on Pi3
Replies: 545
Views: 332335

Re: STICKY: USB boot now working on Pi3

... USB port. When you get to HDDs, it gets more complicated. You can keep the cost down and get a *lot* more space with an HDD. If you can get a PiDrive (not sure if they're still avaiable from WD), you can power it from a single USB port because WD tuned it for minimal power. People have reported ...
by jimhu
Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:44 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: MSD boot with bootcode.bin on SD and PiDrive with Raspbian
Replies: 0
Views: 134

MSD boot with bootcode.bin on SD and PiDrive with Raspbian

Hi all. - 2018-03-13-raspbian-stretch-lite.img - 250GB WD PiDrive with the latest Raspbian written to it with Etcher on a Mac. - 2gb SD card formatted FAT with just bootcode.bin on it. - Raspberry Pi 2B and a Raspberry Pi Zero W. - Apple iPad charger ...
by billybangleballs
Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:35 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: upgrading from Pi3 to Pi3B+ [solved]
Replies: 24
Views: 3300

Re: upgrading from Pi3 to Pi3B+

... worked for me, with the slight modifications that I used dist-upgrade and also did an apt-get clean. My Pi3B+ replaced a Pi3B attached to a WD PiDrive and it booted immediately from the HDD with no issues at all. So, yes, it really is that simple (at least if your software is anywhere near ...
by W. H. Heydt
Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:30 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: upgrading from Pi3 to Pi3B+ [solved]
Replies: 24
Views: 3300

Re: upgrading from Pi3 to Pi3B+

... worked for me, with the slight modifications that I used dist-upgrade and also did an apt-get clean. My Pi3B+ replaced a Pi3B attached to a WD PiDrive and it booted immediately from the HDD with no issues at all. So, yes, it really is that simple (at least if your software is anywhere near ...
by W. H. Heydt
Sun Mar 18, 2018 4:54 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: STICKY: USB boot now working on Pi3
Replies: 545
Views: 332335

Re: STICKY: USB boot now working on Pi3

... Pi3B+ is set up to boot from USB (or PxE) by default. I got a Pi3B+ yesterday and within 5 minutes of opening the package, I had it booted from a PiDrive by swapping it in to replace a Pi3B. No muss, no fuss. (And is response to some non-current, but still moderately recent posts...the Pi2Bv1.2 ...
by W. H. Heydt
Sun Mar 18, 2018 1:50 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Micro USB for powering PI is no longer OK
Replies: 63
Views: 17548

Re: Micro USB for powering PI is no longer OK

... shutdown, disconnected, swapped in the Pi3B+ (in place of the Pi3B I've been using), reconnected everything and the Pi3B+ booted right up...from a PiDrive. Probably the fastest boot of a new Pi from box opening to running system I've ever done.
by samanthadavies
Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:12 pm
Forum: Networking and servers
Topic: Lowest power server
Replies: 15
Views: 5851

Re: Lowest power server

... This is more than I want, though I'm not sure of the power usage numbers, and this may be my only option. However, I've been wondering about the PiDrive cable. Can I use two and power two hard drives with the WD 3A power supply? The WD website claims the cable will work with any WD 2.5" USB hard-drive--although ...
by tedykhorst
Mon Mar 12, 2018 5:48 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Reys Image and the PiDrive
Replies: 8
Views: 7039

Re: Reys Image and the PiDrive

Hi Rey,
I'm interested in the Pidrive, having read about it over the weekend.
However, being in New Zealand, it seems the usual dealers etc have not heard of it and don't stock it.
Please advise how I may obtain a price and where one could purchase such a device.
Many thanks.
by tkaiser
Sun Mar 11, 2018 12:19 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Using Hard Drive with Raspberry Pi
Replies: 46
Views: 42602

Re: Using Hard Drive with Raspberry Pi

Side note.... The PiDrive has an interesting feature...the interface is actually USB 3. That is interesting. Does it support UAS/UASP? I have no idea. You'd have to ask Western Digital. Nope, since for this to work the RPi itself ...
by W. H. Heydt
Tue Mar 06, 2018 5:38 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How do I make my Pi3b draw as much current as possible?
Replies: 13
Views: 2232

Re: How do I make my Pi3b draw as much current as possible?

... Would you want to count on it? Or would you prefer some "head room" in case the current load goes higher? To be fair, I used to run a Pi3B+WD PiDrive from a 2A PSU and it worked just fine, thank you. It was before 2.4A to 2.5A PSUs became generally available. I wouldn't hesitate to run that ...

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