[Wylug-discuss] Last months meeting - Darren's VPS Provider?

[Jim Jackson]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2017, Gary Stainburn via Wylug-discuss wrote:

> They breed :-)

I put live traps out :-) 

> What I will say though is that if you're going to do this, use a powered USB 
> hub to run it as the Pi can't power an external HDD.

early Pi's can't. But at least Pi3s can. You need 

  max_usb_current=1

in your config.txt file in the boot partition. I've got one of the WD USB 
Pi Drives just plugged in to a Pi3. 

cheers
Jim

> I've used this setup to run my OwnCloud for ages now without issues (other 
> than being cracked)
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 08 February 2017 16:13:07 Rob Speed via Wylug-discuss wrote:
> > Raspberry Pi hidden away in the loft with a USB SSD?
> >
> > No thief's going to go wandering around the loft looking for hidden Pi's...
> > (I hope)
> >
> > R.
> 
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