I wasn't being clear. There is no way for preventing records being read from the hardware and so they get lost.
I did ry not connecting the hardware but then weewx doesn't start properly. Bil On Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 9:51:00 PM UTC Neville Davis wrote: > I have a Pi4 with external SSD and I did exactly what Tom has suggested > without any problems. > > I have done this every time I have had a new hardware config to ensure all > is well. > > Nev > > On Monday, February 26, 2024 at 1:02:08 AM UTC+10 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> Move a temporary database into position, then set it aside when you're >> satisfied. >> >> On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 3:39 AM Bill Petheram <pethera...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I had to reinstall weewx due to a bad system upgrade on a Raspberry Pi >>> with an external SSD. >>> >>> I wanted to check my installation was OK. I found that weewx started to >>> read data from my station before I was sure everything was setup properly. >>> >>> It would be nice to be able to turnoff data download at startup to check >>> that the installation works OK and files are in the correct positions. Then >>> turn on data loading. >>> >>> This I guess is less of a problem on Rpi 4 as you can boot from USB. I >>> am using Rpi 3B so I have to use symbolic links. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/38bba562-b306-4d76-86f6-7ebc31bad1bfn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/38bba562-b306-4d76-86f6-7ebc31bad1bfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ec2c7968-5801-4b15-a80f-a386b3aac967n%40googlegroups.com.
