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Posted: 2/6/2015 9:37:48 PM EDT
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Still no sata port, so the Banana Pi still has one leg up on it for the same amount of money.
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Posted: 2/6/2015 10:59:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/7/2015 10:25:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryI've got one. 
It's not bad. The support and community for RPi is more robust, though. I've ran in to a few "bugs" with the ODroid, although nothing that was a hard stop. I bought it when it was new to the market, so that was expected. I'm not putting it down. It's a solid product with some people who are putting in work to make it better. It's good performance, for the price. Quoted:
Still no sata port, so the Banana Pi still has one leg up on it for the same amount of money. http://www.bananapi.org/p/product.html I haven't tried the Banana Pi, yet. If I go with something that I want to strap a HDD or SSD to, then it's on the short list. |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 5:14:11 PM EDT
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I've got one.
It's not bad. The support and community for RPi is more robust, though. I've ran in to a few "bugs" with the ODroid, although nothing that was a hard stop. I bought it when it was new to the market, so that was expected. I'm not putting it down. It's a solid product with some people who are putting in work to make it better. It's good performance, for the price. Can you let me know what doesn't work with it? I was hoping to buy a couple to use for remote monitoring. The snap-on EMMC module is pretty interesting, since that leaves the sd card for recording data without IO contention |
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Posted: 2/7/2015 5:59:31 PM EDT
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Can you let me know what doesn't work with it? I was hoping to buy a couple to use for remote monitoring. The snap-on EMMC module is pretty interesting, since that leaves the sd card for recording data without IO contention Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've got one.
It's not bad. The support and community for RPi is more robust, though. I've ran in to a few "bugs" with the ODroid, although nothing that was a hard stop. I bought it when it was new to the market, so that was expected. I'm not putting it down. It's a solid product with some people who are putting in work to make it better. It's good performance, for the price. Can you let me know what doesn't work with it? I was hoping to buy a couple to use for remote monitoring. The snap-on EMMC module is pretty interesting, since that leaves the sd card for recording data without IO contention Sure. Let me start by saying that I may have misspoke when I wrote that. I'm not a seasoned enough user to say it was the platform versus the user. It was more that documentation and fixes weren't as easily accessible as the RPi Most of the "bugs" that I encountered have been worked out, and I've slept since then  , so I'm not going to go in to them due to lack of memory. Simple fixes worked, like editing config files, but I am/was relatively new to Linux.
I had to (and you may as well) modify the initial config boot file to run the proper display settings. I had issues initially loading the OS, but they were, probably, user error... I loaded a Lubuntu image on mine, which is all I've loaded at this point, and wanted to use it as a VPN server running OpenVPN to replace my old VPN RPi. I never could get it to work. The vpn server never would start. I wouldn't let my statement above deter you from getting one, it was more that every problem I encountered with my Pi had already been documented by someone else. The only downside of the ODroid was less time and less users, so get one and try it. It is a solid platform, though. I have not used the emmc module. I used sd. I, actually, plan to do something similar with a few SBCs. I plan to put them in for family members who tend to need help with their networks, like my 65 year old dad. |
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Posted: 2/10/2015 12:56:31 AM EDT
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Did you say Windows 10 on Pi????????????????
I am crying on the inside. That is the most awful thing I have heard on the internet in a long, long time. |
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Posted: 2/10/2015 7:52:29 PM EDT
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Did you say Windows 10 on Pi???????????????? I am crying on the inside. That is the most awful thing I have heard on the internet in a long, long time. Lol. Whether you're a fan or not, it opens the platform up to more apps and developers. |
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Posted: 2/12/2015 11:59:01 AM EDT
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I've been considering picking up some variant of the Pi, however right now I don't have a need for one a this time. Right now I have a collection of old pc's that work well enough for learning on, so buying new hardware without a defined purpose is hard to justify.
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Posted: 2/12/2015 12:05:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol. Whether you're a fan or not, it opens the platform up to more apps and developers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did you say Windows 10 on Pi???????????????? I am crying on the inside. That is the most awful thing I have heard on the internet in a long, long time. Lol. Whether you're a fan or not, it opens the platform up to more apps and developers. A FREE copy of Windows 10 at that. I am actually considering talking to my boss to see if he would expense a half dozen or so. Would be nice to have a tiny little device that we could plug in to do things that simply just work better on Windows. This is coming from a guy that hasn't used Windows since 98 was the new hottness. * I am looking at you, DRAC 7 * I have a Pi on order and it should be here by the end of the month. Going to put OSMC on it, and play around with Plex and the plugin they offer. |
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Posted: 2/12/2015 12:44:28 PM EDT
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A FREE copy of Windows 10 at that. I am actually considering talking to my boss to see if he would expense a half dozen or so. Would be nice to have a tiny little device that we could plug in to do things that simply just work better on Windows. This is coming from a guy that hasn't used Windows since 98 was the new hottness. * I am looking at you, DRAC 7 * I have a Pi on order and it should be here by the end of the month. Going to put OSMC on it, and play around with Plex and the plugin they offer. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Did you say Windows 10 on Pi???????????????? I am crying on the inside. That is the most awful thing I have heard on the internet in a long, long time. Lol. Whether you're a fan or not, it opens the platform up to more apps and developers. A FREE copy of Windows 10 at that. I am actually considering talking to my boss to see if he would expense a half dozen or so. Would be nice to have a tiny little device that we could plug in to do things that simply just work better on Windows. This is coming from a guy that hasn't used Windows since 98 was the new hottness. * I am looking at you, DRAC 7 * I have a Pi on order and it should be here by the end of the month. Going to put OSMC on it, and play around with Plex and the plugin they offer. I'd be interested in hearing your feedback on it. |
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Posted: 2/12/2015 2:14:03 PM EDT
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I really want to replace my old PS3 for my main media center device. As soon as I get to do some trial and error, I will be glad to post my experience. My second experiment is going to be making a bread proofing box with temp/humidity control.
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Posted: 2/12/2015 5:06:01 PM EDT
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Where is a good place to buy the Pi 2 from? One that isn't going to price gouge.
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Posted: 2/12/2015 5:33:31 PM EDT
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Supply and demand on PI 2 model B has driven prices up. I would wait until I see it on amazon for the ~35 dollar price, anymore and the seller is marking it up.
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Posted: 2/12/2015 5:39:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/13/2015 2:59:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where is a good place to buy the Pi 2 from? One that isn't going to price gouge. I ordered mine directly from one of the main distributors, Newark element14. $43.65 shipped. Matter of fact, they just sent me an email saying mine shipped. Should be here mid next week.  |
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Posted: 2/13/2015 3:03:10 AM EDT
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I have a B and a B+
my coworker bought two 2's I'll be ordering some after I get paid. huge leap for the RPi. |
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Posted: 2/13/2015 10:27:03 AM EDT
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Where is a good place to buy the Pi 2 from? One that isn't going to price gouge. All are backordered, as of now, but here is one place taking backorders. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi Adafruit is good. I'm on a notification list with them. Element 14 is an authorized dealer. |
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Posted: 2/13/2015 11:16:29 AM EDT
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All are backordered, as of now, but here is one place taking backorders. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi Adafruit is good. I'm on a notification list with them. Element 14 is an authorized dealer. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Where is a good place to buy the Pi 2 from? One that isn't going to price gouge. All are backordered, as of now, but here is one place taking backorders. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/content/en-US/raspberry-pi Adafruit is good. I'm on a notification list with them. Element 14 is an authorized dealer. Element 14 redirects to MCM |
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Posted: 2/13/2015 4:20:30 PM EDT
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Just realized that I am going to need a IR receiver. Anyone have any recommendations. My remote is going to be a Harmony One, so whatever works best with the Pi.
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Posted: 2/14/2015 1:01:41 AM EDT
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Again, banana Pi or Pro is the much better deal and does have a IR on board. As for the two, pro is the better deal for only slightly more.
Its around the same price as a Rpi, but has a Sata port to plug in a HD if you needed (and yes, fast I/O speed using the sata port, as well as being able to use the HD as a boot up drive as well). http://www.lemaker.org/ And here are the per-imaged available operating systems (pro in this case, but the same for the pi as well). http://www.lemaker.org/resources/9-38/image_files.html Note, when formatting and loading the SD cards, you will need to use PhoenixCard software (for windows only) to format and image the SD. Below is the link and once you have the OS and SD loaded and the Banana up and running, easy to just transfer the OS over to the HD connected so the Banana will load/start up from it instead. The Banana can use a SD card up to 64G, but in today's world, 64g's is not a lot of memory if you are using it for storage as well (back to USB ports/ memory devices and the slower I/O out speed that comes with them). http://www.lemaker.org/resources/9-86/android_for_bananapi.html As for the Rpi, rumors down the road that on a upgrade will have a sata port, but that is years away before it sees the light of day. Bluntly the Rpi was a great inexpensive device when it first came out, but the designers stayed too doormat with the design for too long, and fell back to it sales through the development of the third party impediments of the device instead. |
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Posted: 2/18/2015 3:51:14 AM EDT
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Received my Pi2 the other day and had a chance to play with it a bit. Was a breeze to install OpenElec, hook it up to my TV, and start streaming content from my media server. Just finished configuring Plex server, and will have to try out the plugin available on OpenElec. For it to be really useful I need to wait until my IR sensor shows up. My initial impression is that for ~$50 its a damn fine completely open source media center.
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Posted: 2/20/2015 11:15:11 PM EDT
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Received my Pi2 the other day and had a chance to play with it a bit. Was a breeze to install OpenElec, hook it up to my TV, and start streaming content from my media server. Just finished configuring Plex server, and will have to try out the plugin available on OpenElec. For it to be really useful I need to wait until my IR sensor shows up. My initial impression is that for ~$50 its a damn fine completely open source media center. Do you know if I have to go to Android to stream Netflix and Amazon Prime, or are other options available? |
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Posted: 2/20/2015 11:22:00 PM EDT
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ordered my RPi 2 a couple days ago. might be here tomorrow.
I did get another Arduino Uno in the mail today... 
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Posted: 2/22/2015 2:00:49 AM EDT
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Mine showed up in the mail a few days ago, I just now downloaded Noobs and have installed it on a card. I will fire it up for the first time in the morning and see what happens.
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Posted: 3/5/2015 12:17:55 AM EDT
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Mine got here Monday :D About to put snappy on it and get it up and running!
Noobs didn't work for me, it encountered some kind of error |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 12:35:11 AM EDT
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got mine, haven't opened it up yet though
it's my 3rd RPi.. (B and B+ are the other two) I think I fixed the reason I bought the RPi-2, which was crappy audio out of the 3.5mm audio jack on the B+.. I switched to HDMI and it works just fine.. was going to exploit the RPi-2 faster speeds... now I guess I can find something else to do with it
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Posted: 3/5/2015 10:21:59 AM EDT
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ordered my RPi 2 a couple days ago. might be here tomorrow. I did get another Arduino Uno in the mail today... Where did you order yours from? |
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Posted: 3/5/2015 11:58:29 AM EDT
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ordered my RPi 2 a couple days ago. might be here tomorrow. I did get another Arduino Uno in the mail today... Where did you order yours from? MCM is the main supplier and where I got mine from There are a few on ebay, but they wanted more than MCM (when I ordered one anyway) |
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Posted: 3/14/2015 10:46:20 AM EDT
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I ordered a RPi 2 kit off of Amazon yesterday. It should be here Monday. Gonna do a xbmc load on it.
Happy Pi Day! |
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Posted: 3/14/2015 10:57:59 AM EDT
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Mine is sitting next to me. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it.
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Posted: 3/14/2015 1:18:51 PM EDT
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Mine is sitting next to me. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. I keep thinking of things to do then the more I think about it i realize it really isn't useful. At least in my case. I still want one of the stupid things though.
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Posted: 3/16/2015 7:57:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol. Whether you're a fan or not, it opens the platform up to more apps and developers. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Did you say Windows 10 on Pi???????????????? I am crying on the inside. That is the most awful thing I have heard on the internet in a long, long time. Lol. Whether you're a fan or not, it opens the platform up to more apps and developers. ARM processor - that means you'll be getting the Win RT version of Windows 10, right? |
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Posted: 3/16/2015 8:57:13 PM EDT
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I keep thinking of things to do then the more I think about it i realize it really isn't useful. At least in my case. I still want one of the stupid things though. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Mine is sitting next to me. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with it. I keep thinking of things to do then the more I think about it i realize it really isn't useful. At least in my case. I still want one of the stupid things though. Yup. I ssh or vnc to it and think, "Hmm, now what?"
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Posted: 4/11/2015 6:17:19 PM EDT
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I'm interested in these but i'm pretty illiterate when it comes to computers, I get it it's a small computer so it can execute programs in a small package.
How to I make programs for it that do what I want? otherwise it's just another method of looking at cat pictures. I'm interested in making a small package device that will copy thumb drives and SD/micro SD cards to a thumb drive. Like I can take a dozen little drives and plug them in and it will rip them into individual copy folders on my larger thumb drive without any clicking or prompting. |
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Posted: 4/12/2015 12:27:38 AM EDT
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I'm interested in these but i'm pretty illiterate when it comes to computers, I get it it's a small computer so it can execute programs in a small package. How to I make programs for it that do what I want? otherwise it's just another method of looking at cat pictures. I'm interested in making a small package device that will copy thumb drives and SD/micro SD cards to a thumb drive. Like I can take a dozen little drives and plug them in and it will rip them into individual copy folders on my larger thumb drive without any clicking or prompting. The red highlights sum it up. like any other pc, you'll either need an existing application or have some scripting or programming knowledge. If you have a spare pc sitting around, you can experiment with that until you have a specific reason for the Pi's features or form factor. |
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Posted: 4/12/2015 12:54:14 AM EDT
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Again, banana Pi or Pro is the much better deal and does have a IR on board. As for the two, pro is the better deal for only slightly more. Its around the same price as a Rpi, but has a Sata port to plug in a HD if you needed (and yes, fast I/O speed using the sata port, as well as being able to use the HD as a boot up drive as well). http://www.lemaker.org/ And here are the per-imaged available operating systems (pro in this case, but the same for the pi as well). http://www.lemaker.org/resources/9-38/image_files.html Note, when formatting and loading the SD cards, you will need to use PhoenixCard software (for windows only) to format and image the SD. Below is the link and once you have the OS and SD loaded and the Banana up and running, easy to just transfer the OS over to the HD connected so the Banana will load/start up from it instead. The Banana can use a SD card up to 64G, but in today's world, 64g's is not a lot of memory if you are using it for storage as well (back to USB ports/ memory devices and the slower I/O out speed that comes with them). http://www.lemaker.org/resources/9-86/android_for_bananapi.html As for the Rpi, rumors down the road that on a upgrade will have a sata port, but that is years away before it sees the light of day. Bluntly the Rpi was a great inexpensive device when it first came out, but the designers stayed too doormat with the design for too long, and fell back to it sales through the development of the third party impediments of the device instead. I've got a both the Raspberry Pi 2, and the Banana Pi Pro. Last I checked I didn't think you could boot from SATA. You had to boot from the micro SD card and then load from SATA. |
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Posted: 4/12/2015 3:52:32 PM EDT
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I've got a both the Raspberry Pi 2, and the Banana Pi Pro. Last I checked I didn't think you could boot from SATA. You had to boot from the micro SD card and then load from SATA. http://forum.lemaker.org/thread-11997-1-1-.html |
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Posted: 4/12/2015 7:53:17 PM EDT
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I wish someone would make some effing software that didn't crash every so often.
how hard should it be for to do so for fixed hardware? |
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Posted: 4/12/2015 7:57:05 PM EDT
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I've got a both the Raspberry Pi 2, and the Banana Pi Pro. Last I checked I didn't think you could boot from SATA. You had to boot from the micro SD card and then load from SATA. http://forum.lemaker.org/thread-11997-1-1-.html Which was my point. The actual boot device is the micro SD card. It then loads from the SATA device but it's a kludge. |
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Posted: 4/13/2015 12:52:25 PM EDT
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Well I finally bought one since the Microcenter by me had the Pi2's on sale for $30. Brainstorming for ideas now....
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Posted: 4/13/2015 2:05:15 PM EDT
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Which was my point. The actual boot device is the micro SD card. It then loads from the SATA device but it's a kludge. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've got a both the Raspberry Pi 2, and the Banana Pi Pro. Last I checked I didn't think you could boot from SATA. You had to boot from the micro SD card and then load from SATA. http://forum.lemaker.org/thread-11997-1-1-.html Which was my point. The actual boot device is the micro SD card. It then loads from the SATA device but it's a kludge. Currently Yes, boot script from sd card to point to sata for the boot load. But you can't boot a Raspberry pie without a SD card either. So in the case of a Banna pro, it just the initial boot script that is coming from the slow sd card transfer rate for a brief mili second at start up, then your at sata speeds for transfers from that point onwards. |
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