Vince Coen wrote to Niels Haedecke:

Hello Niels!

Thanks sorted but did do an export $MBSE_ROOT to cover it as well.

Ah, nice. Will remember that one.

One issue I do know is that the O/S Raspbian is only 32 bit while
the Pi is 64 so creating a reduced system. The Pi 3B is possibly
the first that is 64 bit.

Nope, the Pi 2 already was / is 64 bit but at that time no 64 bit distros (aarch64) were avaialbe for it. (Open) SuSE were the first to come up with that.

Wonder why they have not created dual platforms 32 and 64 bit like every other
distro?

Well, the Raspberry Pi foundation had the idea of making IT education for kids accessible through cheap hardware you could tinker with (LEDs, Sensors etc.). They needed only one platform and they did not and do not want to become a linux distributor. they offer their educational oriented raspbian in 32 bit
and that is okay. They never expected dudes like you and me installing bbs systems on it or (like i do) run their web- and mailservers in a docker swarm
cluster on them. They appreciate that we do that, though ... hehe ...

There are some good documentations on how to set up a raspberry pi with a usb hdd out there on the web. i'm sure you will find an appropriate one. I never use anything except sd cards. cheap, easy to replace and with a little tweaking
they do a good job. i use either kingston or samsung sd cards.

Kind regards,
Niels



Greetings, Niels Haedecke

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