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That is true when changing configuration using tools from the OS. However when you save environment changes or flash a new image from the u-boot CLI in the serial console, there is usually no issue. Correct. I did end up making the required change to the environment using a serial cable (I use the ...

Charles (MoueTTe on this forum) was working on u-boot several years back, but I don't know whether that was really a success. Attempting to tweak some of its environment settings I found that writing to the internal flash is buggy to say the least and for that reason I have in fact never even dared ...

Please note that because the B3 is both passively cooled and fully enclosed, any fast spinning disk will self-destruct on account of its own generated heat. The safe choice is either a WD Green or WD Red drive, with the first one requiring to be flashed. Another option is to use an SSD drive but thi...

Mine died recently, I suspect it is a hard drive failure. Currently working on replacing the hard drive, got a new one mounted, but are struggling to find a boot image. Latest official image here: http://install.excito.org/latest/b3/ (2012) A selection of more modern operating systems here: https:/...

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My dynamic IP has not changed in eight years. You'd probably find a lot more entries if you count the number of IPs checking their IP address. And even then you would not see the ones that are directly connected to the internet and use the DHCP exit method to trigger an easyfind update. I have two u...

Hi Greg, If you like the Bubba front-end, it should install on the B2 as well. The straight forward `old` method to get the packages is to use `layman` to add the overlay. Since you already have a B3 with Bubbagen you can however also rsync the following for the `new` method: 1. /etc/portage/repos.c...

Hmmm.... I definitely need to re-author that bit. At least the command in the code block...

Entering `--nodeps` on the command line is pretty dangerous. In this case it causes portage to select the highest available version which due to the chosen versioning method happens to be the systemd version. Also, the `bindist` USE flag is strictly for me to be able to distribute the software, whic...

So I installed the Bootable live-USB of Bubba OS on my SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB USB. It successfully loaded on B3 , but did not mount the 3 TB hard drive. That is correct. The Live-USB does not touch your hard drive unless you specifically tell it to (or run install) LED was Green ! Logged in via SS...

Hi, You should normally not need the kernel sources. Some installations do try to check kernel configuration options though. The warning should go away if you copy the associated files over from `/boot` to the kernel source directory. sh echo "copy the kernel config files to the source dir"...

Hi beezle, The official policy of Gentoo is that you should always upgrade `portage` first after checking for updates. The automation script `genup`, which is maintained by sakaki- , follows that policy but lately there have been some updates to `portage` that seem to cause a conflict in the depende...

I think the main problem with compiling software on the B3 is that the CPU is single core. For some reason this appears to create serious overhead with some processes. For instance, I used to run a python script to access the Evohome (a heating system) web portal and that needed a minimum of 40 seco...

Hi Jiri, As Charles explained, it takes quite a bit of effort to make the original GUI work with current Linux OS and the services it aims to support. This is where my main issue with Debian started, as their package manager requires packages to be digitally signed with an approved certificate. As t...

Right. Seems I was a bit too thorough reviewing the files in /etc and I wiped the executable bit from the start/stop scripts in /etc/local.d The system should in fact be up, it's just the front led colour not being changed to indicate that it has reached its running state. I'm also noticing now that...