FilePro on Raspberry PI?

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I don't know why nobody is mentioning the obvious:

Unless fP is compiled for ARM, no, that won't work.

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On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 05:54:40PM -0700, Bill Campbell via Filepro-list thus spoke:
> 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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