Remote Headless Install while currently booted.
January 28, 2024, 01:29
Nevermind, I read a bit on how it could be doable, but that's going to take wayyyy more time than actually go and grab the pi for a reinstall haha π
wdym headless install while booted? just install ssh and you are good to go
I mean dd the img while booted
as a kind of backup solution?
in that case you should better use rsync
Nah, in a kind of recovery. The dd is not for reading the running pi but for writing to it, boot fresh new install.
If the filesystem supports snapshot you could do a snapshot and a dd of the snapshot
I wanted to download raspbian image, and make a remote full reinstall of the pi
Advanced server hardware has this type of capabilities, not cheap SBCs.
Yeah, I know, I wondered if it could be somehow hacked, by, for example, having a second mass storage device, copying the current running linux to it, chroot to the new storage, dd the image to the now unused storage, reboot and hope for the best π
Of course you can add a second "bootable" USB stick and do dd if you have a Raspberry Pi 3 or a never model. And you can also add a boot selector, ex berryboot that you can change default OS to boot (SD or USB).
that's not what I meant, but anyhow, we can close this topic as it seems I'm unable to make myself clear enough to be understood π
and I don't really need to do it anymore.