Questions tagged [storage]
Storage is the retention of retrievable data on a computer or other electronic system; memory. This tag should be used for questions about how to store data on the Pi, how to store data to be used by the Pi, and about how to use the Pi to store data for other computers.
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Unable to boot pi 5 from USB with NVMe installed
I recently got a pi 5 8GB and also bought a case and an NVMe hat and active cooler and stuff, and I cannot boot it up. I didn't have a way to flash Raspberry Pi OS onto the NVMe, so I used the pi ...
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External hard drive enclosure – disks do not show up on RPi CM4 (even though it works on MBP)
I have a Yottamaster Y-Focus Series-5 Bay FS5C3 SATA to USB-C hard drive storage enclosure with five HDDs in it.
When I connect it via USB-C to my MacBook Pro all the drives show up as expected.
But ...
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NVMe speed too low?
I got 52Pi M.2 NVME SSD Adapter N04 for my raspberry pi 5. I connected NVMe SDD and booted from it. It works, but it's very sluggish. This is how it looks like
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail ...
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New SSD on Raspberry PI
I am trying to add a new 8TB SSD (connected by SATA to USB Enclosure) to my Raspberry Pi 4, to use it as a Backup of my 8TB media drive from the PC. I would set this up using openmediavault.
I did ...
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Pico BOOTSEL mode stopped working - device descriptor read/64, error -110
This is my first RPi Pico experiment, so I'm a rookie here. I've connected an ultrasonic sensor to it and written a script in Python (in Thonny) to get readings and save them to local flash memory. ...
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How can I run a Raspberry Pi for a long time without disk failures?
I tried running Pis on SD cards. Those failed after days. Then, I switched to USB thumb drives. I tested two models only so far (Store 'n' Stay NANO and SanDisk Ultra Fit, 32 GB). They fail within ...
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Raspberry pi OS crashing
I am using raspberry pi 3B+ for a project. I have installed the bullseye which is currently the OLD STABLE.
The raspbian mirror that I am using is: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/raspbian/...
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How to run OpenVPN for Docker on a Raspberry Pi 4
I am trying to add a VPN to my Raspberry Pi NAS, that I have created, so I can access it away from home while still securing my network.
I am currently going through the OpenVPN for Docker walk ...
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Moving an external hard drive to a fresh install
I use a pi4 with 32-bit raspbian and a USB drive with an ext4 partition as a NAS. I want to upgrade the pi4 to 64-bit through a fresh install.
If I reinstall raspbian with the same user/pw, will my ...
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RAM Change on the raspberry pi 4
Can you change your RAM in your pi that you get 16gb RAM?
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Can a pi powered by a POE hat use an external Storage?
I have a handful of POE security cameras. I want to add a raspberry pi with shinobi or some other NVR software. I have an extra POE port on my switch and would like to just use a POE hat to power the ...
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can't mount usb drive to Zero W: "can't open blockdev" and "special device /dev/sda does not exist" errors
I have a Pi Zero W, and I want to plug in a USB drive and use it as a tiny little backup server. I have a USB OTG cable, and when I plug in a flash drive (later I hope to use a much larger external ...
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SD card full, how to clear space?
I have a RPi 4 running 3 web apps which I had running without issues for a few years. About 6 months ago the original SD card (32gb) died so I replaced it with a new 64gb card and reinstalled ...
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automatically mount usb storage on Raspberry OS bullseye Lite (as Desktop version does)
in raspberry OS Desktop the usb storage is automatically mounted when inserted. I would like to get the same behavior on Raspberry OS Lite as well.
I tried autofs. It doesn't match my needs, since I ...
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Raspberry Pi 4: Owncloud docker with external hard disk and permission problem
I'm having problems using owncloud docker with external hard disk on a Raspberry Pi 4.
The OS version I'm using is the following:
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="...
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