Posts by dgktkr

chewitt and kszaq--

Thanks for the input. I've read the instructions for USB HDD boot on the Pi foundation website, but they state it involves an irreversible change and caution is advised as the capability is considered to be experimental (even though the posts appear to be over a year old!). So -- I'm reluctant to implement that solution.

Further investigation indicates that the stock LibreELEC for the Pi doesn't write to the SD card for frequent system activity or storage of user files if an external HDD has been installed and configured. My installation of LibreELEC has been in use for three or four days and executing "find /path/to/SD/ext4/partition -type f -newer /path/to/a/file/two/days/old" doesn't turn up anything.

Executing "find /storage -type f -newer /path/to/a/file/two/days/old" returns paths to logs and lots of other stuff.

Given that, I'm inclined to accept your assurances that it's not something to worry about.

dgktkr

Yes,

Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.

By logging in with ssh and executing mount, I can see that /flash is mounted read only, but there is a bunch of other stuff that is mounted read write. I don't know enough to tell whether the other stuff that is not on the hard drive is RAM resident or not.

dgktkr

Can someone point me to instructions on how to get LibreELEC to use a HDD for its normal system activities after booting and not write on the SD card once things are configured properly?

I've found instructions that suggest editing /flash/cmdline.txt to point to the drive, but after doing that I notice the HDD is mounted under /storage. As near as I can tell, the system still reads (and writes) on the SD card in its normal operation (instead of the HDD), subjecting the SD card to wear out. One example is to write logs, for instance. Is that correct?

dgktkr