Pidesktop headless

dagv over 7 years ago

I tried to set up the PiDesktop headless, but did not succed.

Here's what I tried:

Had a running mSD card, and logged inn via ssh.

Cloned the mSD card to SSD with dd. The cloning

went well.

Changed the /boot/cmdline.txt to boot from sda2.

Bot no boot.

What procedures exist to set up in CLI?

Dag

0 malakai over 7 years ago

You should be able to edit the file again on PC / MAC remove that line. To get it back to where it worked. Not sure which version of Pi or OS you are using.

I believe the newer Jessie Builds have broken /boot/cmdline.txt to boot from sda2
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=180716

Here are some tutorials to help boot from SSD

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=205374

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/make-raspberry-pi-3-boot-usb/
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0 dagv over 7 years ago in reply to malakai

Tank you for the answer.
I was using the latest Raspbian Lite which is based on Stretch.

I was able to edit the cmdline.txt to get back, but still I have not solved my problem.
I was following the instructions for installing the PiDesktop with mSSD and setup a
boot to the SSD. But since Raspbian Lite is a headless install, the ppp-hdclone cannot
be used. I used ssh to log into th Pi.

Thus I tried to copy on the CLI with dd. But the proper setup (config) I did not find
a proper way of doing.
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0 malakai over 7 years ago in reply to dagv

Is this any help?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/raspberry-pi-adding-an-ssd-drive-to-the-pi-desktop-kit/
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0 dagv over 7 years ago in reply to malakai

Yes, thank you.

I settled with (not the best) solution to keep the SD card and only added the SSD.
I formatted the SSD and now mount it as /home, thus having about 120GB for the
home directory.

It will do for the time being, and the PiDesktop is running as a headless server on Raspbian Lite,
which was what I aimed for.
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