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@crowetic crowetic released this 01 Jun 16:16
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This is an UPDATED version of the previous release of torchieMATE. Only simple changes made:

Updated 'auto-fix-qortal.sh' automation scripts for Qortal to include specific additions for raspberry pi based machines.

Updated OS packages and dependencies.

Updated default qortal.jar version.

This release will work on any SD card or SSD of 16GB or LARGER - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO RUN ON AN SSD. We cannot guarantee running on an SD card will work, or last very long if it does. (Samsung T7 is a very good external SSD for this use case.)

This image is built to be able to 'just run' and for the user to never have to worry whether it is working or not. It should automatically keep your Qortal Core updated and running no matter what. Even if auto-updates from Qortal do not work for some reason. See below for more details on auto-fix-qortal.sh automation...

-------------------------------------------QUICKSTART GUIDE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To get started QUICKLY, simply:

  • Download the .7z file below, extract the 7z using 7zip (https://7zip.org) or Keka on Mac (https://keka.io)
  • Image the file to your SSD using 'Balena Etcher', 'dd', or 'Win32DiskImager'
  • Boot to your SSD (you may have to use sudo rpi-eeprom-config and set BOOT_ORDER=0xf41 to get the pi to boot from USB on older released pi hardware.)
  • EXPAND PARTITION/FILESYSTEM - This is an EXTREMELY IMPORTANT STEP, if you do not do this, you will only have a FEW GB OF FREE SPACE on your parition, no matter how large your drive is! (you can do this with sudo raspi-config, arrow key to advanced options then expand filesystem, tab to FINISH, then REBOOT.)
  • You can then use sudo raspi-config to set your localization options and locale
  • That's it! After 7 min the auto-fix-qortal.sh script will run, and automatically update your node to the newest version of Qortal, and bootstrap if necessary, if no update is necessary, then Qortal should already be running and bootstrapping for you!
  • Enjoy using your new QortalOS Based Pi!

------------------------------------------AUTOMATIC UPDATES IN MULTIPLE WAYS FOR QORTAL---------------------------------------------

KEEP IN MIND - If you run this image, you will NOT have to update the Qortal Core manually. The auto-fix-qortal.sh scripts are setup to run on a schedule:

It will run at STARTUP - 7 minutes after startup - and it will automatically fix any issues with qortal version. So you should literally just have to start it up, and wait 7 minutes, it will then check and verify you are on release version of qortal.jar, then automatically bootstrap and update your node if not.

It will run every 5 days at 1:01 AM local time - and it will again, verify that the qortal.jar is on the newest release, then if it is NOT, it will automatically UPDATE it, and FORCE BOOTSTRAP.

REMEMBER - these things take place IN THE BACKGROUND, so if you do not see something happening, do not worry, there is a script on the desktop called 'check-qortal-status.sh' if you RUN THAT SCRIPT it will show you the current output of the 'admin/status' call, as well as 'tail' the log, and show you the most recent log output from Qortal.

--------------------------------------DO NOT DO KERNEL OR DISTRIBUTION UPDATES ON THIS IMAGE!----------------------------------------------

Please keep in mind that since this is a CUSTOMIZED KERNEL you should NEVER do 'full upgrade' command from apt.

it is **FINE to do sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade - but NEVER do a 'full upgrade', or you WILL break your OS!

----------------------------------------File and Download Information and Verification-------------------------------------------------------------------

MD5 hash - 9f44f48dd69ca479a32d70c7467bb8f4
Filename - Qortal-OS-TorchieMATE-QORTector-FINAL-May-30-2023-UPDATE.7z

DOWNLOAD HERE - https://cloud.qortal.org/s/torchieMATE-final-May-30-2023/download/Qortal-OS-TorchieMATE-QORTector-FINAL-May-30-2023-UPDATE.7z

To download and verify with terminal you can do the following command on ubuntu/debian based machines...

curl -L -O https://cloud.qortal.org/s/torchieMATE-final-May-30-2023/download/Qortal-OS-TorchieMATE-QORTector-FINAL-May-30-2023-UPDATE.7z && md5sum Qortal-OS-TorchieMATE-FINAL-May-30-2023-UPDATE.img

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