Data to SSD drive

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I started this on another thread but this is enough of a change in topic that I decided to start new thread to make it easier to find.

This relates to attaching a 256 GB SSD drive to the rs for greater data capacity. Current card is 32 GB. I followed the instructions on the link given by Stormchaser and all seemed to be well, but the rs.local page still shows that I only have 25 Gb available instead of 200+. Below is the output for the command sudo dmesg -T. I have tried to replace the drive with another unformated SSD so see if it is a drive issue, but then the rs does not even boot. Thx guys… -Mario (AM.SDE97)

Shake Model : RS3D
Raspberry Pi Model : Unknown Model
System Status : RUNNING
System Version : 0.20
Ethernet Local IPv4 : 192.168.2.228
Ethernet MAC : e4:5f:01:6d:de:97
Data Producer : ON
Data Consumer : ON
Off-line Mode : OFF
Data Forwarding : ON
Server Connection : Connected
Latitude : 43.9062
Longitude : -116.4231
Elevation : 896 m
System Time : 2025-01-11 19:10:16 UTC
Disk Usage : 12% Used – 25.0 Gb Available
CPU Temp : 61 C / 142 F
Uptime : 0 Days 0 Hours 35 Minutes

dmesg_output.txt (32.5 KB)

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Hello Mario,

If you haven’t had any errors during the mounting procedure, the added SSD has been correctly set up.

Now that some time has passed, if you execute df -h | grep sda1 (sda1 should be the reference of your external drive. Update it if it’s different) a couple of times, waiting between them, you should see different values in the command output. That indicates that all your data is being saved on the SSD.

As of now, rs.local/ does not reflect the added storage and the command above is the easiest way to check. Otherwise, you can navigate the external drive folder structure (via command line or software such as FileZilla) to achieve the same result.