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I’m trying to perform my Initial Blockchain Download for my bitcoin node onto Crucial SATA 2.5-inch SSD connected with a raspberry pi 5 and using a Mac. It only 54 GB available. What is this reason for this?
bitcoin-log-tail (1).txt (15.8 KB) Also attached is my error log. I tried with both Core and Knots
I’m assuming you are trying to use an SD card as the Umbrel OS. I would suggest getting a m.2 Hat and m.2 ssd because eventually the sd card is going to fail running an os off of it. Alternatiely, you could install umbrel on the USB, but you need to run a power hub to reliably use the usb port for drives.
But if you want to know, Umbrel is just debain headless running in a docker container. Your drive is there, its just on the debian side not mounted.
Thanks for the reply! I’m realizing the SSD isn’t being detected and I think the 48 gb is just my SD card storage. I’m trying to connect the 2 TB SSD using SATA Orico enclosure also bought and tried a Sabrent interpedently powered enclosure. Are these SATA connections often faulty? I’m trying to plug the SSD into my laptop and it’s not detecting. It looks like an m.2 SSD connects directly into the Pi with the m2 Hat? I’ll try that if I have to but would prefer not to spend more money on another SSD.
I’m also realizing there’s more threads on this topic, this one made me realize what the issue was and I tried all the troubleshooting steps in it: Umbrel does not detect the connected SSD - Support and Troubleshooting - Umbrel Community
No, but the USB ports can’t power drives properly on any of the raspberry pi hardware. I have a PI5 and use the m.2 hat with a 1TB nmve I think they have a SATA hat too.
If you connect a monitor to one of the HDMI Ports and log into the terminal, you can mount the drive in an empty dirtectory. Username: umbrel password: moneyprintergobrrr
On the Amdx64 its different. (password: umbrel) That web interface is just a docker container program. But I will be setting up another one here on a mini pc with a 512 nmve and a 2TB for a bitcoin knots node/public pool which I install the DebianOS+Umbrel program on it and mount the /home onto the 2TB drive. the /home directory on Linux is the equivalent to /program files, /appData and /Documents in windows. I could stick the whole docker part (umbrel) on the 2TB and just have the debian part on it. And I haven’t decided yet if I want to load the gnome or KDE desktop on the terminal side. Which is just executing sudo tasksel in the terminal.