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README.md

⚡️ Alternative platforms for the RaspiBlitz ⚡️

Minimum requirements:

ARMv8 or x86 processor (64 bit)
1 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
Python >=3.9 (see how to upgrade below )

Desirable:

> 2GB DDR3 ECC RAM (8GB+ if using ZFS)
USB 3.0 / SATA / PCIE / NVME connectors
SSD - multiple disks for redundancy

Specifications of the tested hardware: hw_comparison.md

All testers are welcome. Open an issue for your specific board to collaborate and share your experience.

Virtual Machine

Instructions to run a RaspiBlitz as a VM on a Linux host machine.
The process is similar if you want to run RaspiBlitz on the bare metal.

Tested with:

Debian image in VirtualBox and linux virt-manager / cockpit-machines
Ubuntu image in VirtualBox and linux virt-manager / cockpit-machines
Debian image in VirtualBox https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/2756#issuecomment-983532237
TrueNAS (FreeBSD bhyve) with an Ubuntu VM: https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/issues/2104#issuecomment-917444238

Create the base image

Download and install the base OS on an at least 32GB drive
Debian is the most tested and is closest to the RaspberryOS: https://www.debian.org/distrib/
Ubuntu should work, but less tested
To just experiment can load a virtualbox image from: https://www.osboxes.org/debian/ or https://www.osboxes.org/ubuntu.
These not need installation, password: osboxes.org

Building the Raspiblitz scripts

Run the build script in the terminal of the guest OS (with sudo access):

# download the build script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz/dev/build_sdcard.sh
# run
sudo bash build_sdcard.sh -f true -b dev -d headless -t false -w off
# Options:
#   -h, --help                               this help info
#   -i, --interaction [0|1]                  interaction before proceeding with exection (default: 1)
#   -f, --fatpack [0|1]                      fatpack mode (default: 1)
#   -u, --github-user [rootzoll|other]       github user to be checked from the repo (default: rootzoll)
#   -b, --branch [v1.7|v1.8]                 branch to be built on (default: v1.7)
#   -d, --display [lcd|hdmi|headless]        display class (default: lcd)
#   -t, --tweak-boot-drive [0|1]             tweak boot drives (default: 1)
#   -w, --wifi-region [off|US|GB|other]      wifi iso code (default: US) or 'off'

Switch off when ready
Attach an other disk (can be even small if you prune or stop bitcoind manually.
The second virtual disk will be used as the BLOCKCHAIN drive.
This makes that data portable and independent from the OS similar to the combination of the SDcard and separate SSD.

Notes:

Data drive:

create a raw image of 500+ GB for best compatibility
if there are permission issues try to symlink the disk image to /var/lib/libvirt/images

Mount a raw disk image on the host system to copy blockchain

this is not necessary, but faster than to copy over the network

from https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c02814204

losetup /dev/loop0 VirtualMachineImage.raw
sudo apt install kpartx -y  
kpartx -a /dev/loop0
sudo mkdir /mnt/rawdisk
mount /dev/mapper/loop0p1 /mnt/rawdisk

the guest data-drive will be available in /mnt/rawdisk

Armbian

Many SBC-s are supported: https://www.armbian.com/download/

To verify the downloaded image follow: https://docs.armbian.com/User-Guide_Getting-Started/#how-to-check-download-authenticity

Tested on:

Odroid XU4 / HC1 / HC2 with the Armbian Buster image from https://www.armbian.com/odroid-xu4/

Burn the image to the SDcard with Etcher.

Assemble and boot.

ssh root@192.168.x.x

password: 1234

Follow the instructions in the terminal. Set the new password to raspiblitz and name the new user admin to keep in line with the rest of the setup.

Continue with building the SDcard: https://github.com/rootzoll/raspiblitz#build-the-sd-card-image

Ubuntu

A common distro to be supplied by the manufacturer for various boards.

Tested on:

Odroid XU4 with ubuntu-18.04.1-4.14-minimal image from https://de.eu.odroid.in/ubuntu_18.04lts/XU3_XU4_MC1_HC1_HC2
Nvidia Jetson Nano with Ubuntu Bionic image from https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/learn/get-started-jetson-nano-devkit#write

Burn the image to the SDCard with Etcher.

Assemble and boot.

ssh root@192.168.x.x

password: odroid

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

if there is an error:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), is another process using it?

run: reboot and update as above