Sam Howell @syntax@social.privacytools.io

@FreePietje
I actually tried in this order:
1. PARTUUID, resulted in kernel panic;
2. UUID, after reading somewhere this was better method, still resulted in kernel panic;
3. Reverted everything, so back to "root=LABEL=RASPIROOT", which strangely still resulted in kernel panic on boot. Maybe all caused by the first attempt breaking something.

I need to start a fresh attempt using LABEL method.

@FreePietje
Thanks. That's why I don't understand why my original method didn't work: simply adding the HDD PARTUUID to /boot/cmdline.txt and /etc/fstab. Maybe I'll try again soon and label the partition "RASPIROOT".

@FreePietje
Oh I didn't label the HDD partition RASPIROOT or delete root from SD afterwards. I followed a guide which showed adding the HDD PARTUUID to the SD's /boot/config.txt (root=) then editing /etc/fstab on cloned HDD root.

@jet Thanks. I've now disabled Pi-hole logs. Any other system logs etc. which can/should be disabled?

@benis Thanks for the tip!

@bbbhltz Pretty straightforward: https://raspi.debian.net Comes very minimal though, without network-manager etc. But that's a good thing in my opinion, especially for dedicated headless uses like Pi-hole.

@djsumdog Hard to tell. It seemed worn/corrupted with my last install, but I had swap enabled, 24/7 logs etc, so no surprise it wasn't healthy. But now after flashing Debian it seems OK again. The SD card is fairly new, class 10 SanDisk, ~60GB.

@ademalsasa Would I be able to do that now I've already written the image to the SD?

Now running minimal vanilla #Debian on my #RaspberryPi 4B for #Pihole. Unfortunately I tried but failed to boot with root mounted to #HDD. After the third attempt's kernel panic due to "no working init found", I gave up. I now at least have swap disabled on #SD and Pi-hole logs disabled. Any other tips for SD longevity?

#gnu #linux #dns #foss #privacy #networking

@thenewoil
*Wipes SD card*
*Installs minimal Debian*
*Breathes sigh of relief*

@vol
I read that one of the best things to do is disable swap. Did you do that? I seem to remember my SD is a decent SanDisk one with ~64GB storage, but I never disabled swap etc. I won't know the state of it till o run a proper fsck on my primary machine later. Either way I'm going to ditch Raspberry Pi OS and try minimal Debian on external HDD.