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Thought I'd update this for anyone interested. The little DS3231 module works fine on the HC4.
Unfortunately you can't just place it directly on the GPIO pins-- the case just about catches on it when you try to close it up again. So I got some GPIO cables…

Well lock down is over and I just went out and bought three surge protected extension leads.
Thanks for the heads up on power surges.

Is it normal that OMV removes the ordinary user's SSH login abilities? When I set up Debian I was able to SSH in as an…

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Or, maybe COVID mutates and attacks Armbian! (gasp!....)

So now the guinea pig, sorry tester is gonna be hit by electricity spikes, lightening, his house could burn down, prior to that he could get a virus or be zapped by malware, hopefully he won't go out and get hit by bus.

This is a new piece of hardware,…

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The vast majority of issues with consumer electronics are power related problems caused by the AC power line. While you may not notice it or see it, there are high voltage high frequency spikes coming in on your power line. It's not…

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Sorry for late response. I work for Hardkernel and the Netboot Installer is started as my personal project. It's unofficial support by Hardkernel but the features in the Netboot Installer and packages on the OS setup with Netboot…

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So the result a user might see might see would be unusual hardware behavior but without ever knowing what the cause was? Damn.

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I honestly thought it was dues to crappy US electrical utility companies with crappy…

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Well, the only thing you are protecting against with your current setup is:
a) One single HDD failure
b) An accidental delete that you notice very quickly

Scenarios that you do not protect against:
1) power surge (e.g. lightning strike)
2)…

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a) Is what I set out to do. If I could afford it I'd go with a better backup solution, but a) is pretty much what my budget and bandwith covers for now.

Does 'rsnapshot' not help against b)? I was planning on using it.

Power surge: What…

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I guess I am...


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No problem gald to help, even if its only a very small way. Thank you guys for all your help.
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I haven't read that part yet but I have come across a great tip for cloning…

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The Neboot Installer for ODROID-HC4 is the version I've customized with the Linux kernel for ODROID N2/C4/HC4 and the packages are from both http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ which is the official Debian package server and …

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I took your advice and I've decided to run with Debian Odroid netboot. OMV is more deeply intergrated into the operating system than I thought (system updates are handled by OMV now, I think.)

Those tweaks to fstab (noatime,…

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Oh, I thought once all the firmware tweaks were figured out for a board it was permanently supported. I guess not.

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Maybe not the lock down. Brexit yes... lock down no.

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I got the microSD…

When when putting the Backup into the same Server as the Original risk of a common mode failure.
And if you think about it most failures will effect of the original and the backup.

Furthermore you must make sure that old copies of your data are archived.
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Armbian provides Debian or Ubuntu image with their own customized packages and keep updates for many SBCs. This helps generic users to flash the image to SD card and use the OS easily on their SBC easily, Debian does not provide the…

From Armbian's website: "Linux kernel and Debian framework." I'm sure others will be able to explain the details. It's basically Debian customi(s)ed (for you brothers across the pond) for SBC's. Glad to hear you got your nas. Waiting for the rest of the…