[02:06] <ekim> hello all.
[02:07] <Bashing-om> ekim: Welcome to the frying Pan .
[02:08] <ekim> thanks!
[02:09] <Bashing-om> ekim: so what's cooking at your place ?
[02:10] <ekim> Nada much!  Just downloading Ubuntu and gonna give it a try again.  Hopefully on a usb bootable setup!  :)
[02:11] <ekim> It has been quite some time since I have used linux and wanted to try a distro or two out again!
[02:14] <Bashing-om> good deal. so long as ya know that from a liveUSB will not be a speed demon . USB is slow !
[02:18] <ekim> Yeah I know but it is either that or just a live cd!
[02:19] <Bashing-om> ekim: Well, when ya ready to bite the bullet and install 'buntu ; we are here to help !
[02:21] <ekim> I will be doing that once I get a chance to test out the distro for a while.  I will be installing it on a Asus laptop.
[02:21] <ekim> Thanks though and I appreciate the help or will I am sure!  :)
[02:23] <Bashing-om> ekim: Well. there are several to choose from . I personally have a liking for the xfce environments .
[02:25] <ekim> Yes there are.  Too many for my liking but that isn't really a deciding factor.  Just gotta work with what I have (ie laptop, printer, etc).
[07:03] <ducasse> good morning all
[07:04]  * ObrienDave waves
[07:46] <Bashing-om> G nite Good folks
[12:01] <BluesKaj> Happy New Year folks !
[12:05] <Ben64> 20 more hrs
[13:36] <ducasse> only 9.5 here
[13:38] <BluesKaj> well, some just have to state the obvious :-)
[13:38] <ducasse> BluesKaj: you boot your rpi from usb, don't you? is that basically a matter of copying across / and telling the bootloader (whatever that is) where to look?
[13:50] <BluesKaj> ducasse,  I boot the rpi from the microsd card, then it boots the / dir on the usb. Change the / dir in  /boot/cmdline.txt  to the / partition {sda1 for example ) This is one tutorial of many , http://www.instructables.com/id/Boot-the-Raspberry-Pi-from-USB/?ALLSTEPS
[13:55] <ducasse> BluesKaj: brilliant, thanks. that was the procedure i expected :) the sd card with my install has become totally borked, so i was thinking of using a usb stick for the next one.
[13:57] <BluesKaj> ducasse, here's an experimental tutorial to boot from the usb  https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md
[13:59] <ducasse> BluesKaj: thanks, i'll look at those tomorrow. too bad the hardware can only boot directly from microsd.
[14:06] <BluesKaj> ducasse, the second url is for booting the rpi from a USB, but so far it's till experimental afaik.
[14:07] <BluesKaj> till=still
[14:08] <ducasse> BluesKaj: it says rpi3 only, mine is an rpi2 :(
[14:09] <BluesKaj> they aren't much diffrerent
[14:09] <ducasse> but nvm, the sd card won't be used much if / is on usb.
[14:09] <BluesKaj> yup
[14:11] <ducasse> i'll see tomorrow what works and what i end up with, this particular sd card only lasted a couple of weeks with very little actual usage.
[14:12] <BluesKaj> i reformatted one about 9-10 times and then it died
[14:13] <BluesKaj> was trying different OSs on the rpi
[14:14] <ducasse> shouldn't that fall under warranty or something? 9-10 formats is nothing imo.
[14:16] <BluesKaj> I couldn't be bothered , had a 64Gb microsd and pu that in my phone and used the 16Gb card from phone to boot hte rpi
[14:17] <BluesKaj> and  boot card working fine
[14:18] <ducasse> luckily i've got three or four cards i can use here, was thinking of only using a 4gb card to boot - that should be plenty. also means i'll finally find a use for it :)
[14:19] <BluesKaj> yup
[14:32] <ducasse> BluesKaj: well, thanks a lot for the guides, saves me googling for a good one. now i have an interesting project to start the new year with \o/
[14:38] <BluesKaj> right, they're relatively easy to follow, you'll be using a usb as your / drive in no time ;-0
[14:39] <BluesKaj> :-) even
[14:40] <ducasse> seems straight-forward enough, what i needed to know was basically what to add to cmdline.txt
[14:44] <ducasse> BluesKaj: well, enjoy your evening, best wishes for the new year! i've better get ready to go stuff my face with turkey :)
[14:47] <BluesKaj> ducasse, this the simplest tuotial/guide i could find, less clutter than the others , http://magnatecha.com/using-a-usb-drive-as-os-root-on-a-raspberry-pi/
[15:01] <BluesKaj> tuotial=tutorial.
[15:18] <ducasse> BluesKaj: thanks a lot, i think i've got it covered now. i've gtg, dinner in an hour. enjoy your evening!
[15:36] <BluesKaj> ducasse, ok, have a Happy New Year!  :-)
[22:21] <Bashing-om> Pizza !
[22:22] <daftykins> \o/
[23:00] <OerHeks> Happy New Year !