"Markus Robert Kessler"  wrote in message
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> what should we use as main storage on a PI instead?
> Any more robust technique available, fitting in the SD slot?

This is a very valid question. By all means use a USB HDD for main storage,
but you still need an SD card for OS boot, even if you mount /tmp and maybe
even /home/ onto the USB HDD instead of leaving it on the SD card.

My Pi suddenly decided that it didn't want to boot, after giving me several
months of perfect service. I tried a few of the more obvious fixes that
Google suggested for the error message I was getting, before deciding to
start again.

And this time I kept detailed notes of all the customisations I made to
packages that I installed. I was still able to read the data from the
non-booting SD card to copy it back. And I made sure that at various points
through the rebuilding, I shutdown and make an image of the card, so I could
quickly restore the Pi to that state if I ever needed to in the future.

I use the Pi as 1) a PVR, recording (but not playing back) TV programmes,
and 2) for logging the output of a weather station - both tasks that don't
need a fast computer, but need it to be on 24/7. This means I can hibernate
my fast Windows PC (which also stores all my recorded programmes) out of
hours, which saves a bit on the electricity bill.

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