Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread polt via PLUG-discuss
use it to control your 3D printer, if you don't have a 3D printer you should get one so you can control it. Jason On 9/9/2020 3:22 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat, but am having > difficulty deciding if I really need it. Currently the

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Steve B via PLUG-discuss
Thanks to all! On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 7:01 PM Donald Cha. via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Inground water sprinkler system controller. > Tens unit. > Lights on timer. > Thermostat. > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Donald Cha. via PLUG-discuss
Inground water sprinkler system controller.   Tens unit.Lights on timer.Thermostat.  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:26 PM, AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
Some interesting projects here: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-index/ https://raspberrytips.com/raspberry-pi-projects-for-home/ OTOH, if you don't want your 3B+ I'll take it! :) Peter On 9/9/2020 3:22 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat,

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2020-09-09 Thread PLUG Announcements via PLUG-discuss
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Re: Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss
You could use the mountpoint command to check if there is something mounted on destination drive like: if ! mountpoint $DESTINATION_DIR >/dev/null; then     mount -t ntfs PARTUUID=c6040663-9321-4d28-91f0-2f3eb35f72b7 /mnt/Ext3TB_Data1/ fi if ! mountpoint $DESTINATION_DIR >/dev/null; then  

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss
Garage door opener Home security with a camera On Wed, Sep 9, 2020, 3:22 PM Steve B via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat, but am having > difficulty deciding if I really need it. Currently the uses I can see for > it

Re: Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
Thanks for the tips. /"//I thought you had to use NTFS-3g to write to NTFS.  Also, don't these things have labels?  It's much more readable and simpler to mount a thing with a label than a UUID if you can. //" /I used the UUID based on a Pluralsight course I watched on Raspberry Pi. I like it

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 15:22:42 -0700 Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat, but am having > difficulty deciding if I really need it. Currently the uses I can see > for it within my home network are: * Internet firewall/router * Cheap, less portable

Re: Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:13:04 -0700 James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss wrote: > if you have an removable > device in fstab, i'd recommend setting it to noauto and having > something else mount it. Why? SteveT Steve Litt Autumn 2020 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Donald Cha. via PLUG-discuss
Hello Steve, have another food for thought for the Raspberry P 3B+. Mail it to myself and I'll pay shipping.  Kind Regards Donald  Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 6:39 PM, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss wrote: ---

Re: Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss
AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss wrote: However, currently I have to manually mount each of the external drives. This isn't a terribly big issue since the drives are rotated to offsite storage only once per month. But, if the Pi gets rebooted, the drives are not being auto-mounted and the backups will

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread JD Austin via PLUG-discuss
Retropie is a pretty fun use for the Raspberry Pi. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:32 PM Amit Nepal via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I Run home assistant with Adguard on a pi, Pi hole may be a good use case > as well ! > > On 9/9/2020 3:22 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Amit Nepal via PLUG-discuss
I Run home assistant with Adguard on a pi, Pi hole may be a good use case as well ! On 9/9/2020 3:22 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat, but am having difficulty deciding if I really need it. Currently the uses I can see for it within my

Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-09 Thread Steve B via PLUG-discuss
I've been offered a Raspberry P 3B+ with a POE hat, but am having difficulty deciding if I really need it. Currently the uses I can see for it within my home network are: 1. Ubiquiti controller (replacing a cloud controller); 2. Pi hole; 3. Tor relay node; 4. Asterisk server. Would appreciate

Re: Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
autofs or udev rules would be your best bet. if you have an removable device in fstab, i'd recommend setting it to noauto and having something else mount it. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 1:59 PM AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was finally able to do

Auto Mounting External USB drives

2020-09-09 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
Hi all, I was finally able to do away with an aging Windows machine and replace it with a Raspberry Pi 4 running Buster.  The only purpose for this server is to backup selected folders and files from other servers onto two external USB drives for offsite storage. I've automated the backup