Prepare Shakes with a single Shake

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Hi,

Quick question. I have to batch prepare a number of RS instruments, and it requires adding a little bit of code to the Raspbian OS to each of them. It is the same little bit of code (apt installation, some system configuration files too).

Here is what I’d like to do. Set up one of these instruments, on a single physical shake. Then, I would like to essentially deep copy the uSD card (ie, dd clone or something similar) to 8 to 10 other uSD cards. Then, I would take each of those uSD cards and they would be inserted into their own individual RS instruments. Of course, these would have a different MAC address than the physical Pi/RS that they were set up on. It is possible also that it may be a different kind of RS (1D vs 3D).

On boot up in the new PI, will the Docker images and other configuration setings update based on the new device, or does the configuration have to be done specifically in the destination PI.

Thanks,
Andrew

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Hello Andrew,

Yes, this should work as you imagine.

All Shakes share the same OS on their microSD card. During a new startup in a new Shake, the OS will automatically identify the hardware it is working with and self-configure everything accordingly.

As you’ll have cloned your software modifications together with the Shake OS, those will remain and be available on all the Shakes you configure in this way.

If you have any other questions, let us know!

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Fantastic, thanks @Stormchaser !

A

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