Re: [LUG] More Raspberry woes.

From: Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx>
To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, 17 March 2013, 17:49
Subject: Re: [LUG] More Raspberry woes.

On 17/03/13 17:42, JOHN DAVEY wrote:
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> *From:* Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* "list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 17 March 2013, 16:48
> *Subject:* Re: [LUG] More Raspberry woes.
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> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013, JOHN DAVEY wrote:
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> > ....no I don't have a spare card. Oh god why does this always seem
> to happen to me ?!?!
> >
> > ...I was just thinking, is it possible that I have downloaded too
> much onto my SD card. I'm not sure why the site would tell me to do
> this if it was going to have this effect but....what can I say my
> Raspberry is now unuseable and when it boots up is says something
> about "[warn] root filesystem has insufficient filespace" what have I
> done?!
>
> Did you follow the instructions to run raspi-config (it runs
> automatically the first time you boot if you have a screen and keyboard)?
>
> If you ssh'd in (for the very first time) then you need to run it
> manually.
>
> You really DO need to run it the first time.
>
> One vitally important option is the "Resize" option. If you used a 4GB
> (or more) SD card, then only the first 2GB is active. You absolutely
> must resize the SD card and there is a script in raspi-config to do
> this for you.
>
> Also, if you use apt-get a lot, then occassionally, you need to
>
> apt-get clean
>
> to delete the downloaded packages.
>
> Gordon
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> No I have never ssh'd into the machine. I yet to leard about ssh'ing.
> I'm not to sure what it is or how to do it...
> Jon.
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I have some notes on this on my website

http://zleap.net/pi-adventures-with-ssh/

Paul

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OK, Thanks Paul. I will keep this email and bookmark the website for future referance and get working on what you have suggested.
Jon.