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Today's Topics:
1. Pre-built motion SD-card (Matt Grob)
2. Re: Pre-built motion SD-card (David Powell)
3. Re: Pre-built motion SD-card (Dave Howorth)
4. Re: Pre-built motion SD-card (Matt Grob)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 18:10:34 -0700
From: Matt Grob <[email protected]>
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: [Motion-user] Pre-built motion SD-card
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hi everyone -
This isn?t strictly a motion question but is related. I am using a Raspberry
pi and experimenting with new motion features like passthrough mode, and also
motioneye. That requires installing 4.2.2 on Raspian. Raspian only offers
4.1.1 (I hope this changes someday)
The result of all this is I am following various instructions from various
places (which are helpful but some dont apply to latest Raspian) and so I have
troubles and I frequently want to start all over again. And that means
reprogramming the sd card with Noobs loader, and booting, and configuring the
time zone and wifi password and ssh server and then installing the updates and
enable the camera and this and that and so on -> point is all that takes time.
I?d like to be able just build up a pristine new Raspian sd-card, apply all the
updates and upgrades, set the passwords and ssh server and all that, and then
clone that card. (I realize such a card is a perishable good because the
updates change etc - but maybe for a day or so I would be fine?)
Then when I want to start over, I just make a new card, and I?m ready to go,
with all the updating and configuring each time.
Is this a reasonable idea? Anyone know a good way to do it?
thanks
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 23:01:51 -0500
From: David Powell <[email protected]>
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Pre-built motion SD-card
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Under Linux you can use the DD command to clone the card. Be careful
though, that is a very powerful command and it can destroy the contents of
your disk drive if you get it wrong.
On September 7, 2019 8:33:48 PM Matt Grob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone -
>
> This isn?t strictly a motion question but is related. I am using a
> Raspberry pi and experimenting with new motion features like passthrough
> mode, and also motioneye. That requires installing 4.2.2 on Raspian.
> Raspian only offers 4.1.1 (I hope this changes someday)
>
>
> The result of all this is I am following various instructions from various
> places (which are helpful but some dont apply to latest Raspian) and so I
> have troubles and I frequently want to start all over again. And that
> means reprogramming the sd card with Noobs loader, and booting, and
> configuring the time zone and wifi password and ssh server and then
> installing the updates and enable the camera and this and that and so on ->
> point is all that takes time.
>
> I?d like to be able just build up a pristine new Raspian sd-card, apply all
> the updates and upgrades, set the passwords and ssh server and all that,
> and then clone that card. (I realize such a card is a perishable good
> because the updates change etc - but maybe for a day or so I would be fine?)
>
> Then when I want to start over, I just make a new card, and I?m ready to
> go, with all the updating and configuring each time.
>
>
> Is this a reasonable idea? Anyone know a good way to do it?
>
>
> thanks
>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2019 05:27:00 +0100
From: Dave Howorth <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Pre-built motion SD-card
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 18:10:34 -0700
Matt Grob <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone -
>
> This isn?t strictly a motion question but is related. I am using a
> Raspberry pi and experimenting with new motion features like
> passthrough mode, and also motioneye. That requires installing 4.2.2
> on Raspian. Raspian only offers 4.1.1 (I hope this changes someday)
There's now a 4.2.2 deb for buster at
https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/releases :)
> The result of all this is I am following various instructions from
> various places (which are helpful but some dont apply to latest
> Raspian) and so I have troubles and I frequently want to start all
> over again. And that means reprogramming the sd card with Noobs
> loader, and booting, and configuring the time zone and wifi password
> and ssh server and then installing the updates and enable the camera
> and this and that and so on -> point is all that takes time.
>
> I?d like to be able just build up a pristine new Raspian sd-card,
> apply all the updates and upgrades, set the passwords and ssh server
> and all that, and then clone that card. (I realize such a card is a
> perishable good because the updates change etc - but maybe for a day
> or so I would be fine?)
You can always make a fresh copy and then apply updates to keep you
up-to-date.
> Then when I want to start over, I just make a new card, and I?m ready
> to go, with all the updating and configuring each time.
>
>
> Is this a reasonable idea? Anyone know a good way to do it?
As David said, dd will clone the card.
> thanks
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 23:00:21 -0700
From: Matt Grob <[email protected]>
To: Motion discussion list <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Pre-built motion SD-card
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Wow thanks for all the good info.
I also was just reading about using dd for this - I?m pretty comfortable using
dd and know the risks :)
So?anyway? I was able to do this and it WORKED FINE. But it takes a long time
to the dd (read and write both). But at least it?s an unattended delay - you
just launch and come back later.
> There's now a 4.2.2 deb for buster at
> https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/releases
> <https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/releases> :)
Just installed!
# Rename this distribution example file to motion.conf
#
# This config file was generated by motion 4.2.2
# Documentation: /usr/share/doc/motion/motion_guide.html
And it?s running fine. I?m getting used to the changes in motion.conf, for
example seems there is no longer a default target_dir etc.
Looking forward to experiment with passthrough mode. (It?s not in the default
.conf file - but I will try to add it)
Thanks again for the responses.
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