Raspberry Pi Root FS on USB Drive

June 14, 2012 - 2 mins read

This tutorial will demonstrate how to install the Debian root filestem (ie. ‘/’) on a USB drive instead of the SD card. The SD card still retains the /boot partion and swap space. This requires a modified kernel to support the USB storage. You can download the minimal modified kernel and modules here or follow my guide on how to compile it for yourself. In either case, begin by installing the Debian image as you normally would to an SD card.

Raspberry Pi Kernel Compile

June 8, 2012 - 2 mins read

This tutorial will demonstrate how to cross compile the kernel for the Raspberry Pi on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. The kernel is functional with both the Debian and Arch Linux Raspberry Pi images. UPDATE: Alternatively, you can use the following Ansible playbook playbook-raspi_kernel_crosscompile. Note that you have to edit host_vars/localhost.yml file with your local sudo password. git clone https://github.com/chrismeyersfsu/playbook-raspi_kernel_crosscompile ansible-playbook -i localhost.yml site.yml -vvvv First, install the package dependencies, git and the cross-compilation toolchain:

Wordpress on Raspberry Pi

June 8, 2012 - 2 mins read

This tutorial will demonstrate how to install and host Wordpress on Raspberry Pi. This process assumes you have Debian for Raspberry Pi installed on an SD card. If not, see RPi Easy SD card setup. Install Apache Wordpress runs on the Apache2 web server. To setup Apache, follow the instructions in my previous post, Raspberry Pi and Apache. Install MySQL and PHP Begin by installing the required dependencies. From a terminal:

Raspberry Pi + Apache

June 8, 2012 - 2 mins read

Its quite easy to install the Apache web server on the Raspberry Pi. This process assumes you have Debian for Raspberry Pi installed on an SD card. If not, see RPi Easy SD card setup. Open a terminal (or login via SSH) and install the package with apt-get: sudo apt-get install apache2 **UPDATE: 9/18/12: The following group creation error appears to have been corrected in an updated package and should no longer be necessary.

Easy GUI Install & Re-Partition Raspberry Pi on Ubuntu

June 6, 2012 - 2 mins read

Easy Install & Resize the SD Card on the Raspberry Pi on Ubuntu. First, open a terminal and install the ImageWriter and GParted utilities with apt-get sudo apt-get install usb-imagewriter gparted Assuming you are starting with a fresh install, download the newest release from the Raspberry Pi download site: [http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads](http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads) Extract the downloaded archive, and then open ImageWriter: imagewriter Select the desired .img file and target device, in this case, debian6-19-04-2012.