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###Everyone!

I have just uploaded a first version of the openHABian docs article to the docs Issue Tracker for review.

Yes that’s the article to replace: http://docs.openhab.org/installation/openhabian.html

Here you can find the PR and the preview (Warning: The article is not finished). If you want, please have a first look and tell me about what you are missing, what’s wrong or how you want to help :wink: I’m planning to finish the article tomorrow evening.

Thanks! Thomas

@Branden_Smale @jaydee73 @RHINESEL @UglyKidJoe @mashborn

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Very nicely written sir! Only thing I might add is how to access the network shares. I did from my windows machine and had to map the network drives, which I’m quite sure you are familiar with. Otherwise, awesome!

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Hey Branden, thank you very much. This

links to this chapter of the Linux article: http://docs.openhab.org/installation/linux.html#mounting-locally

Is that not enough?

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Hi,
I have been using OH2 on a windows PC for a while. I decided to give the Pi a go.
I have a RPi 3 and downloaded the image.
On the first boot, I changed the Pi password, machine name etc. I received the OH2 paper interface and added a couple of bindings ie MQTT, weather etc. Basically quite a few changes.
When I went to look at the log files to see how it was going, under “openHAB-userdata”, there is only a Log folder not a Logs folder. The log folder does not have any log files. Empty of all files.
Because of all the changes, I thought I might have buggered something in relation the creation and storage of the log files.

I performed a fresh image, can see the Paper interface. However there is only the Log folder not Logs folder and of course no log files.
Ideas?
Thanks,
Neil.

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sorry, didnt follow the links, so yeah, its enough…

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Might be of interest to some other users in relation to what was discussed by @ThomDietrich and myself above re wear-leveling.

I did some research into quality SD cards for a fair price and came across this article:
http://www.jeffgeerling.com/blogs/jeff-geerling/raspberry-pi-microsd-card

Might be worth a look for your first (or next) SD card purchase.

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That’s okay but please let me know if I should make that more clear :wink: The Port in the Linux article could also be extended to contain more details.

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Hey guys,

i want to copy my existing openhabian to a new SD-Card…How can i handle this?

ty!

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Hey! You should be fine just moving the image from one card to the other.

One thing you’ll have to look out for: Different sizes of the old and new SD card could be a problem. That is a bigger issue if the new one is smaller, which I do not expect. There are multiple solutions out there, good luck!

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haha i know to change the sd-card from one hardware to another…i mean how can i handle to move the whole image or how can i create an image of the existing openhab2 to move it from 16GB to 8GB :smiley:

Edit: Can i just add a new file with myopenhabimg.img and then read from win32diskimager?
Edit2: Is a class 4 sd-card enough or should i be a class 10?

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@philKrylc @Noircogi the host.key change introduced more problems than it solved and was reverted. You may see some transitioning effects but everything should work as before now. https://github.com/openhab/openhab-distro/issues/399

Best Regards, Thomas

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Any ideas why there isn’t a logs folder and files?
Neil.

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Have you checked in /var/log/openhab2/?

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Hi @ThomDietrich,

just some remarks:

  • under features - raspberry pi specific: you could also mention menu options 20 - 22
  • under quick start: Raspberry Pi: small typo in the sentence

This system will install Raspbian followed by openHAB and a the mentioned settings and tools.

  • cosmetic: you may want to consider exchanging Linux with GNU/Linux
  • may be it’s an option to add some words regarding how to change the default passwords
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As @scottk already said, you are checking in the wrong spot: http://docs.openhab.org/installation/linux.html#file-locations

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@ThomDietrich: Thanks for your help.

But what if I have already run the updates?
“OK - No remote changes detected. You are up to date.”

By the way: I very like your first version of the openHABian doc article :slight_smile:
Thanks.

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Ah, Sorry for the cryptic answer Yvonne.
What I was trying to point you to is the lower part where I described one of the latest changes. In the openHABian menu you will find the option “Serial Port”, behind which you will find the following possibilities:

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That should be all you need to prepare your system for the use with zwave/razberry. Good luck and don’t hesitate to come back here if it doesn’t :wink:

Thanks!

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Thanks Matthias, I’ve started to work on these improvements. When reading “GNU/Linux”, U had to smile :slight_smile: Yes that is technically more correct but how many readers will take anything from that? I would argue that the previous mentioning of Debian/Ubuntu is hint enough. Would you agree?

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That’s what I thought. My answer is still the same, you’ll need to use some special methods and all depend on your experience. Moving to a smaller SD card is not as easy and I would just install openHABian anew. If you want to do it, check this thread, I’ve previously linked some tool that are able to do the “shrink” for you.

I would not go down to 8GB! Because of wear leveling (see above) I’d stay with 16Gb or even upgrade to 32GB.
Regarding the SD card brand/class, please check the nice article @kasperz posted a few days back. openHABian hassle-free openHAB Setup

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Agreed :sunglasses:

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