RPI ZeroW - Boot Time

scottiebabe over 2 years ago

Soft 404

colporteur over 2 years ago

Many moon ago I developed a CentOS security/performance enhancement procedure using chkconfig. It ensured our company base installs started the minimum (i.e. if you don't use cups why start it) services. A NMAP scan of the system typically resulted in port 22 available. That same procedure was used for all RedHat installs also.

I remember insisting to a vendor that our group be given the tasks of installing and configuring the O/S on their platforms as part of project scope. It was a battle but the confidence you have from knowing, goes a long way to reducing stress when reports of O/S vulnerabilities were circulated.

I don't know if such a process exists for systemd installs. I sure would like to have one.
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dang74 over 2 years ago

Ah yes boot times. The gold standard will always be the Commodore 64.

So it looks like your goal is to boot up and do some 'camera stuff' every 5 minutes. Makes me wonder, does your end application have anything to do with time lapse photography?
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scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to dang74

The C64 definitely beats my RPI . It took me a few minutes to find this video I remembered watching the author is comparing a tandy 1000Rl to a C64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIEPqD4luG8

I also tried baremetal circuit python on my RPI ZeroW, the boot time was pretty disappointing at 5.6 s

Really I just want to upgrade my IOT Birdhouse to V2.0

I definitely want to have a RPI ZeroX and a Pico inside, solar panels on the roof,... then the opportunities should be endless
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scottiebabe over 2 years ago

VS Code's Remote-SSH extension doesn't support the armv6l architecture used on older RPIs

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-remote-release/issues/669#issuecomment-640986010
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beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

Now that reminds me to double-check which way round the bargeboards go on the gable ends of the new garden shed...
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scottiebabe over 2 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

Learn from my mistakes! Connectors... they always end up backwards...
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beacon_dave over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

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dang74 over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

Thanks for the video. I guess the gold standard belongs to a Tandy instead. Also maybe the 5.6 seconds for the bare metal Python isn't so bad. Is the bare metal configuration good enough for what you want to accomplish? (Forgive that question if it comes across as silly... I don't know much about the inner workings of Raspberry Pi)
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colporteur over 2 years ago in reply to scottiebabe

I penned a magazine article for publication that describes setting up VSC on a Pi using the Remote-SSH. Copyright restrictions prevent me from posting the article but I can share my copy privately if you are interested. It is old in computer years but worked as of a few months ago.
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