Would an SSD (vs the SD card) speed up full updates on RPi 4B?
Would the full 8GB of optional RAM speed it up?
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I'm using since quite a while a usb stick ( usb 3.x) with the pi (3B) and it is working quite well and also faster than a SD card.
you will see no difference with more ram or a faster drive vs maybe a few seconds when its booting up or when you are apply patches. A Pi4 1gb with a quality SD card is more than enough power for RatOS. If you feel more comfortable buy 2 or 4gb one but they will not make any difference at this point in time.
I'm using a Pi 4B 2GB and unless it's crashing, it's running effortlessly. Some updates take over an hour though, so I thought of the SSD. I'll just stay on the SD unless it gets corrupted. Thanks
Are you sure you have good WiFi access? Updates never take more than 5-10 mins max for me
I'm over wired ethernet only. Some updates took only 15 minutes, but one took 71 minutes. I get the feeling they're compiling code on the Pi, not just downloading/installing.
I have never had mine take 71 mins and mine is on some really bad wifi in the corner of my garage to the point it takes 30 seconds to upload a 15mb print to the printer. I would suspect it maybe was your internet being slow or your internet provider not having great connectivity to the source of the downloads.
Did you disable your wireless connection, assuming you used it for initial provisioning.
this is highly suspicious, and is most likely related to your issues here: https://discord.com/channels/582187371529764864/1272979483116441630
Sounds a lot like a bad SD card. Which SD card are you using (make and model)?
did you get this from a reputable source?
because that one is missing the right markings
U1, HC1 is terrible
From the most reputable source in the universe............. it's a long river in south america.
Ah i misremembered, it's the circled numbers that are terrible 😂
U1 = 10 MB/s, = V10, guaranteed 10 mb/s write speed. Not great, but should work.
I'll happily get another one if it's worth a shot. I'm starting to think about a SSD drive again.
Sandisk extreme pro is usually a good card
SSD doesn't make much sense, they're only available in USB 2.0 interfaces, so it's rather slow.
Ok.
That's specifically if you want to use M.2
If you get an external SSD through USB 3.0, it's pretty fast.