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   On 1/30/24 6:05 PM, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Chris Green   wrote:   
   >> I can't us Pi Imager because it's very broken on Ubuntu:-   
   >   
   > Sounds like something you should take up with the Ubuntu packagers.  I   
   > maintain a Gentoo ebuild for rpi-imager (it's in my overlay...sudo eselect   
   > repository enable salfter && sudo emaint sync -r salfter), and it works like   
   > a champ.   
   >   
   > More recently, I've migrated my print server (an ancient RPi Model B) from   
   > Raspbia^H^H^H^H^H^H^HRPi OS to Alpine, and it's running headless.  The   
   > Alpine install needed to be done on a spare Raspberry Pi, but once it was up   
   > and running with ssh access, I was able to do the rest of the setup over the   
   > network.  Once I had it configured as I wanted it, I brought the MicroSD card   
   > over to another computer to image it and shipped the image home so I could   
   > blast it onto an SD card.  It's a much lighter-weight system now...could put   
   > it on a 128MB SD card, if I had one that small. :) The server runs headless,   
   > with just two printers, a network cable, and a power supply plugged in.   
      
      
      Ok ... I'm not gonna ask why you'd want a completely separate   
      print server, based on an old Pi, rather than just printing   
      directly from/to whatever   :-)   
      
      In any case, the "headless" problem is more of a problem   
      with RP-OS based on Worm. They completely changed how the   
      networking was done, and while there IS a CL command   
      with lots of obscure params it's just not as straight-up as   
      it used to be. I posted info on where to look and templates   
      for customizable network defs in order to speed people   
      along in this aspect. Alas that's not the only thing Worm   
      has pointlessly messed-up. Oh, and BullsEye won't run on   
      a Pi-5 - you get a testy little message on boot.   
      
      Normally I rec RP-OS because it's probably best-tuned to   
      the boards, easiest tweaking for all the little devices   
      and pins and such. But NOW ... maybe some ARE better off   
      with 3rd-party systems depending. Arch, G2, even Fedora   
      derivs, may be more friendly for "headless". Can't really   
      rec RHEL derivs anymore since IBM ruined it all, don't   
      want to build critical stuff on beta (or worse) code.   
      
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