Pi4
Raspberry Pi 4b 4gb
A great start for anyone who wants to start running digital services
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`:oooooooo+`` `.oooooooo+- OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) aarch64
`:++ooo/. :+ooo+/.` Host: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5
...` `.----.` ``.. Kernel: Linux 6.12.62+rpt-rpi-v8
.::::-``:::::::::.`-:::-` Uptime: 1 hour, 37 mins
-:::-` .:::::::-` `-:::- Packages: 671 (dpkg)
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.::::::::` -::::::::` ` Terminal: /dev/pts/0
.::` .:::::::::- `::::::::::``::. CPU: BCM2711 (4) @ 1.80 GHz
-:::` ::::::::::. ::::::::::.`:::- GPU: Broadcom bcm2711-vc5 [Integrated]
:::: -::::::::. `-:::::::: :::: Memory: 212.09 MiB / 1.80 GiB (11%)
-::- .-:::-.``....``.-::-. -::- Swap: 0 B / 1.80 GiB (0%)
.. `` .::::::::. `..`.. Disk (/): 4.14 GiB / 228.81 GiB (2%) - ext4
-:::-` -::::::::::` .:::::` Local IP (eth0): 192.168.0.101/24
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.:::::::::: OS: Raspberry Pi OS aarch64
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Old Install
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Surprised that it isn't Raspberry Pi OS? Instead I run the Debian 64 bit version as recommended by Home Assistant Supervised install. I'm a little bummed I don't get the cool Raspberry ascii art from neofetch, but honestly, the developer experience is pretty much identical
system wide backup
full-img-backup.sh
#!/bin/bash
#TODO clean out or ignore other folders and files before the copy
FILE_NAME="pi4--$(date +%y_%B_%d).img"
DEST="/ntwmnt/octo8/backups/pi4/img"
LOG="./backup-status.log"
echo " creating system wide backup "
echo $FILE_NAME
#backup img of SD card
if sudo dd bs=4M if=/dev/mmcblk1p2 of=$DEST/$FILE_NAME\
&& sudo zip -jm "$DEST/$FILE_NAME.zip" $DEST/$FILE_NAME\
; then
sudo echo $FILE_NAME > $LOG
sudo echo "SUCCESS" >> $LOG
else
sudo echo $FILE_NAME > $LOG
sudo echo "FAILURE" >> $LOG
fi