FilePro on Raspberry PI?

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021, Brian K. White via Filepro-list wrote:
>On 6/13/21 4:57 PM, Bill Campbell via Filepro-list wrote:
>> Is FilePro available for the Raspberry PI?
>> 
>> Considering that I can put together a system with an 8gb
>> Raspberry PI 4B, Argon One M.2, 1TB internal SATA SSD, and PoE
>> splitter for less than $300.00, this looks like a viable
>> replacement for an existing Linux box.  The Argon case doesn't
>> need any internal fan, so no moving parts.
>> 
>> This box would handle e-mail, OpenVPN, and pretty much everthing
>> their current Linux system does.
>> 
>> Bill
>
>CPU & ram isn't the problem, the storage is. SD cards are not reliable enough
>even if you were ok with the speed.
>There are a few enclosures and adapter boards that provide a real pcie slot,
>which you can attach a real ssd to, and I think now finally they have
>firmware updates that allow you to boot from that ssd.

I have an internal 1TB SATA drive in the Argon One M.2 case, and
am trying to figure out how to get it to boot from that without
the microSD card installed.

I have it connected with a PoE splitter as I haven't found a PoE
hat that will fit in the case.  It's nice that I was able to free
up two 120v outlets when I went with these splitters to my old PI
3B+ and the new PI 4B.

Once I figure out the VLAN configuration, I plan to replace my
old NETGEAR router with the PI 3B+, perhaps moving to another 4B
in an Argon case to support OpenVPN at the border rather than
having it run on an internal CentOS box.

...

>As for fp, I haven't tried it, but there is something called box86 that looks
>promising.

I'm down to supporting one client using FilePro.  Rodgers Hemer,
now retired, was the last person to modify their FP system.

They're running a CentOS 5 box that was installed in late 2007.

Bill
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