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Equipment
The Raspberry Pi won't be able to supply enough power for a 3.5-inch hard drive.
Steps
Connect the hard drive to the adapter:
Connect to the Raspberry Pi:
Power the hard drive:
Mount the hard drive (on the Raspberry Pi):
lsblk
to list connected block devices. Your hard drive should show up (e.g., /dev/sda1).mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
(replace '/dev/sda1' if necessary).sudo mkdir /mnt/mydrive
(you can replace 'mydrive' with any name you prefer).sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/mydrive
(replace '/dev/sda1' with the actual device name if different).Important Considerations
Power: Raspberry Pi's USB ports cannot provide enough power for a large hard drive. Using an external power supply is crucial to avoid damaging the Raspberry Pi or causing the hard drive to malfunction.
Automatic Mounting: To automatically mount the drive on startup, you'll need to edit your
/etc/fstab
file.Additional Tips
PS: I’m a human who started typing out half of this, then wanted to see if the AI could come up with a better response. I gave it the image from the posting above and said “I want to connect this to a Raspberry Pi” and I thought it came out with a better response. Mine originally only mentioned the USB-SATA part, while the LLM came back with instructions (I had to reorder them, but otherwise they looked good)
Well done. I’ve had this set up with Kodi and it ran like a dream for years. Only took it offline because I upgraded to a Nvidia Shield Pro when it came out back in 2019.
Edit: I can say that your average spin disk over USB 3.0 read speed is sufficient for 4k Remux if that’s the goal.
Thank you for your remarkable work here — and for the confirmation that the LLM got it right!