I have some questions. please

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I have some question, the uconsole I ordered last May has arrived.
So I’m able to set it up now, and I’m going to do it with uconsole + cm5 + hackkers gardget.

I’m trying to install bookworm os, what posts should I read?

I want to use a 512gb sd-card, can I use it on CM5 ? or 128GB?
I hope you can recommend me a sd-card

If I use bookworm os,Can I use the sd card in partitions?
For example, the C-drive has a bookworm os and D-drive has some data files

I’m worried because it’s been a while since I set it up. Help me please.

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install trixie, read the first post in theе trixie thread about trixie

yes, but linux doesn’t have C-drives. and I’m not sure it has sense on raspberry to split sd card to multiple partitions. but you can.

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1.) here for the Bookworm OS. Bookworm 6.6.y for the uConsole and DevTerm

2.) I personally havent tried a high capacity sd card but you can go with this one (referred by Rex) Amazon.com: TEAMGROUP A2 Pro Plus Card 128GB Micro SDXC UHS-I U3 A2 V30, Read/Write up to 160/110 MB/s for Nintendo-Switch, Gaming Devices, Tablets, Smartphones, 4K Shooting, with Adapter TPPMSDX128GIA2V3003 : Electronics on the other hand, you can buy an NVME adapter from hacker gadgets for a better performance.

3.) no idea on this one, sorry.

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3 linux can do partitions, but you’ll prolly need to set it up yourself.

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but also linux is a single root file system, unlike the multiple root system windows uses. So no clear rules what is on a different partition and no drive letters

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that’s the best explanation ever!

still doesn’t explain how it works though…

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Trying to install os again after a long time, I’m worried ahead. I’ll try anyway. Thanks

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Detailed description and link, thank you so much. I’ll try. :star_struck:

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If possible, I’ll try the next one. I’ll try it

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Oh, I’m not trying to do multiple booting systems. I was going to put data files in different parts if it became a partition.
Tomorrow is Sunday, so I’m going to set it up in the morning. Thank you

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There should be no problems doing this. If you are happy to tweak partitions and resize them.

Do note that when you typically flash a SD card with an image, the image is typically configured to expand the filesystem on first boot to take up the full available space. This means you do not go through the typical partition manager stage of installing linux.
If you are comfortable with resizing and tweaking the partitions, it would work though.
I would however recommend you put your sizable and partitions on a separate device, and use fstab to mount the external devices for data.

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Thank you for letting me know exactly what you were curious about. I’ve solved a lot of worries

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3 Yes you can partition drives in Linux but then you would need to mount the partition somewhere in the root filesystem. From the user perspective there is no real advantage. There are system administrative reasons to do this sort of thing but nothing compelling from the user perspective.

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Any soldering involved to attach the CM-5?

Are you using the same board?

I’m in the same boat you are. I bought a lCM4 Lite and ordered a CM5 along with the Hacker Gadgets antenna expansion and a upgrade board also from HG that someone here recommended.

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Unless you are doing some exotic things, no soldering required at all. The Compute Modules just click in.Same with the hackergadgets stuff.

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Thanks for the accurate and calm information. I’m not a Linux expert, so if someone gives me a quick explanation, I’m not really getting it.
At first, I was thinking of separating it into partitions, but I think it would be right to use a separate device. Thanks for the good information

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It says it’s for cm4, but you can use it as it is without deformation even in cm5.

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I was only using Windows and then using Linux, so I thought I’d need a partition. Come to think of it, I think it’s right to use it without a partition. Thanks

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Your explanation is exactly right