Unit Off/On?
Posted: 31 Dec 2015, 17:14
This seems like a silly question, please forgive me if it's very obvious but how do I turn the unit back on once I shut it down from the menu?
I'm running a headless pi 2 through a wifi dongle with a usb drive that stores my music files. I see the reboot command in the menu, but other than unplugging the unit and having it reboot itself (which I gather tends to potentially damage the SD card or unit?) I'm not sure how to turn it back on 'correctly'.
In general do most people keep their units on all the time? Maybe reboot once a week or so as needed? Or is it best to turn it off at night and back on in the morning? Using this as a music server I assume it will be on most of the time plugged into my usb drive which will also be on (plugged in). It seems after a few days running the system I built that while the unit is on and ready to go, the web based interface typically benefits from a refresh (sometimes a reboot) to work best.
In general what is the best practice to retain the SD card and avoid possible power supply issues?
Thanks
Ben
I'm running a headless pi 2 through a wifi dongle with a usb drive that stores my music files. I see the reboot command in the menu, but other than unplugging the unit and having it reboot itself (which I gather tends to potentially damage the SD card or unit?) I'm not sure how to turn it back on 'correctly'.
In general do most people keep their units on all the time? Maybe reboot once a week or so as needed? Or is it best to turn it off at night and back on in the morning? Using this as a music server I assume it will be on most of the time plugged into my usb drive which will also be on (plugged in). It seems after a few days running the system I built that while the unit is on and ready to go, the web based interface typically benefits from a refresh (sometimes a reboot) to work best.
In general what is the best practice to retain the SD card and avoid possible power supply issues?
Thanks
Ben