[kwlug-disc] Raspbian Question

[CrankyOldBugger]

OK, maybe they fixed the dependencies in the new version (Raspberry Pi OS),
or else the installer figures out what version of Pi you have..  it used to
be that you had to download the right version.  So my information is a bit
out of date.


On Sun, 26 Jul 2020 at 15:31, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> When I downloaded Raspbian from here
>
> https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspberry-pi-os/
>
> I was not asked any questions on what Pi model do I have.
>
> All that was there was the choice of desktop + extra, desktop, or lite.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 7:53 PM CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> The version of Raspian you use is tied to the Pi's model.  I just ordered
>> one of those new 8gb Pi 4's earlier today and the website read me the riot
>> act on making sure I have the right version of the OS..
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 at 18:21, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>>
>>> So here is the situation: I have two Raspberry Pi. One is the older B
>>> model and the other is the Pi 2.
>>> Both run Raspbian.
>>>
>>> The new one runs an application that uses a database and writes a lot to
>>> the SD card in it.
>>> Before that card fails silently, like all flash media does, I want to
>>> replace it with another one.
>>>
>>> But I don't want to make a mirror copy of the old SD card, because it
>>> was created with the full desktop
>>> Raspbian, and I want to take the opportunity to slim things down and use
>>> the lite version on the new
>>> card.
>>>
>>> So I downloaded and dd'd the latest Raspbian lite image to the new SD
>>> card.
>>>
>>> Here is the question: this has no filesystems on it, and I think that
>>> Raspbian will ask a few questions
>>> upon booting and then repartition the SD card ...etc.
>>> Is this process of repartitioning tied in any way to the model of the
>>> Pi? In other words, can I do this
>>> process on the lesser model, then copy stuff from the higher model, then
>>> shutdown and swap the
>>> cards?
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>
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