FilePro on Raspberry PI?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

"Box(86)"

It's a PC hardware emulator.


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fairlight via Filepro-list" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 11:45:24 PM
> Subject: Re: FilePro on Raspberry PI?

> I don't know why nobody is mentioning the obvious:
> 
> Unless fP is compiled for ARM, no, that won't work.
> 
> m->
> 
> 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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