03-28-2015, 07:27 AM
(03-28-2015, 06:56 AM)tonibm19 Wrote: For the people whp own Raspberry 1 or better 2. Im planning to buy one. Some questions:Well, you do not need a keyboard to operate the Pi2 as a server or anything. Just, having a USB keyboard handy makes initial configuration so much easier.
1-Do I need a keyboard? Is it necesary? I want to use raspbian and retropie.
I have 1 Pi1, 1 pi2, 1 odroid-u3, 1 cubieboard-1 and one banana pi in operation. It makes live a mile easier doign the 2, 3 config steps locally before entombing the units somewhere in the basement and rooftop.
(03-28-2015, 06:56 AM)tonibm19 Wrote: 2-Can you multiboot any OS (raspbian-retropie in my case)?
Yes/No - it's easy to swap the microSD card with most Pi2 cases. However, I didn't find a way to tell uboot to show anything like a menu or the like, or just select a different boot-partition upon pressing a key.
Technically it is no problem, but seems not to be implemented i nthe Pi's uboot configuration.
(03-28-2015, 06:56 AM)tonibm19 Wrote: 3-What do you think of this kit which costs 66€. Is it worth it?
Includes:
-Raspi 2
-EU power cable 2000mA
-HDMI cable
-high-speed 8gb sd
-Case
-Wifi adapter
The price makes sense , although personally I use a combination of 16GB microSD card and 8GB USB stick ( usb stick for swap space and with a FAT partition for easy file-transfer to my media player ).
I do think you don't need to worry when buying that kit.