Tonight I’m applying updates to my cyberdeck (CrowPi) in preparation for using it as a portable network stack build and rescue platform (PXE boot + ISO images and installers).
Sometimes it’s preferred to set up new environments in spaces where there may not yet be connectivity to the Internet. Or maybe limited internet. Maybe at a meetup.
Serving pxe clients with dhcp, tftp and ftp. Maybe the menu includes an ESXi installer, a couple of Linux installers, a Live ISO for rescues, DBAN for non-SSD emergencies. The sky’s the limit, right? Updated for the twenty-first century by including support for UEFI clients.
But first, updating to the latest everything. Later, I migrate the whole thing to a larger SD card, and replace the Raspberry Pi 3B that came with it, with a much more powerful 4B with 4GB of RAM.
Maybe even have a process watching the logs, and have certain events trigger LED matrix animations, buzzer and vibration activity, countdown timers on the clock, or display status on the small display. This’ll be a fun longer-term project.
