what RPi kit do i need to buy to make this work? Do I need the complete starter ...

doctoboggan · on July 19, 2013

You do not need any particular kit. You will need:

* Raspberry Pi * SD Card with OS (Raspbian Wheezy is the simplest to use) * USB power cable * Internet connection (Ethernet cable or USB WiFi dongle)

The rest is software that is described in my article.

johnchristopher · on July 19, 2013

Well... you should be fine now :)

You can now have your own free 30gb git repo as well.

Words of caution: - Buy a second SD card ; - once you have a running rPi tweaked to your liking clone it with dd to prevent eventual data loss.

tokenizerrr · on July 19, 2013

Why not just dd to a file on your hard drive?

johnchristopher · on July 20, 2013

That's what I meant.

I wasn't clear: the second SD card is to play with more than one OS or to be able to quickly swap a working distro in case the first one goes wrong (dd to a file is of course the mandatory way to go but having the second SD card plug-and-play is more convenient IMO:no fdisk involved).

tokenizerrr · on July 20, 2013

Ah, alright. That makes sense then. I interpreted it as you suggesting to dd the first sd card to a second sd card which would then become your backup.