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A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
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Run magic mirror from a USB drive?

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    BlackTalon
    last edited by Apr 15, 2018, 3:13 PM

    In your experience are the usb drives more reliable?

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      Alvinger
      last edited by Apr 15, 2018, 3:38 PM

      Yes, especially if you put the /var lib on a tmpfs which resides in ram.

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        bbm674
        last edited by Apr 15, 2018, 5:44 PM

        yes and it work fine

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          carltonb
          last edited by Apr 15, 2018, 8:28 PM

          Is there a guide on how to do this.

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            justjim1220 Module Developer
            last edited by Apr 15, 2018, 11:26 PM

            I would very much be interested in the USB drive installation instructions!

            Newbie here, so please be specific!!!

            Thanks in advance!

            "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
            Jim Hallock - 1995

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              Alvinger
              last edited by Apr 16, 2018, 5:20 AM

              Which Raspberry Pi do you have? The Raspberry Pi 3 can boot directly from USB but the others need a SD card.

              Download the chosen image and write it to UsB in the same way you created the SD cards. Then remove and insert the USB stick from your computee and copy the file bootcode.bin in the /boot directory to an empty SD card. (This card is needed unless you have a Pi3 but it will only be read from so no signifikant wear.)

              Insert the USB stick and boot your Pi. That should do it.

              If you have a Pi3 there is a different procedure, google is your friend.

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                justjim1220 Module Developer
                last edited by Apr 16, 2018, 5:47 AM

                I’m using Windows 10. Not RasPi.

                I will have to try and figure it out I guess.

                Thanks anyway!

                "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                Jim Hallock - 1995

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                  Alvinger
                  last edited by Apr 16, 2018, 6:08 AM

                  If you have a Windows 10 computer, why would you need a USB drive?

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                    justjim1220 Module Developer
                    last edited by Apr 16, 2018, 6:18 AM

                    Portability…

                    "Life's Too Short To Dance With Ugly People"
                    Jim Hallock - 1995

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                      Alvinger
                      last edited by Apr 16, 2018, 6:22 AM

                      Well, windows 10 can be installed on a USB but you need to google it.
                      If you just want the Magic Mirror application on a UsB stick then put it in a folder named MagicMirror on your stick and adapt the command line/batch script accordingly.
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