Running RuneAudio from USB Stick

[Mat]

Hi, I was trying to move storage partition of RA to USB stick. For now without success. The procedure (works for OpenElec) is quite simple:
1. Create ext4 partition on USB stick (I named it RUNEAUDIO)
2. Copy all files and folders from second partition on sdcard (/dev/mmcblk0p2) to new partition on USB stick
3. Modify cmdline.txt to point to new partition "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2" --> "root=UUID=xxxxxxx" (xxxxxxx is UUID of new partition on USB stick)
4. Reboot

I am not sure what am I doing wrong, runeaudio does not boot. Is there anybody who managed to make this work or who might now what is the problem?

Thanks,
Mat.

[rikardo1979]

[hondagx35]

[Mat]

[johnbanks]

Hi guys ...

I always run the second (OS) partition from a USB stick on my RuneAudio & OpenElec (separate not combo) rigs built for myself & family members.

I burn the image onto an SD card, power up and then down properly (just in case the second partition gets changed on first power on??). Then I clone copy the second partition on the SD card and burn it to the USB stick. Finally I make the necessary change to the cmdline.txt file in the first (FAT) partition on the SD card.

I believe that USB sticks have more sophisticated wear levelling than SD cards.

Also I know from CrystalDiskMark tests run on my Windows laptop using the USB 2.0 port (as RPi) that a USB 3.0 stick reads twice as fast and writes more than 6 times faster than a microSD card.

Regarding corruption caused by sudden power loss during a file write – it seems logical that the less time spent in this ‘vulnerable’ write condition (because writes are faster) then the less chance of corruption.

The USB stick I use is – Integral Fusion 16GB USB 3.0 and the microSD card– Kingston 8GB Class 4.

Hope this helps

[Mat]

[johnbanks]

Mat ...

Try ...
disk=/dev/sda1
Change the "1" if the OS is not in the first partition on the USB stick.
Hope this helps

[Mat]