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Is SSD better than SD card for Raspberry Pi?

  • 07-05-2020 12:21AM
    #1
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭


    Have a Raspberry Pi 3 B+. It works well, but my 2nd micro-SD card is having issues. I flash it, put RecaBox on it, put a few roms on it, it works for a bit, but then it stops working. Have had a similar issue with RetroPie.

    Having looked into it, it seems my issue is incorrectly turning off the Pi. In other words, yanking out the power. Although I could turn it off correctly, once I have the Pi working correctly, I'll be handing it over to a mate who will just power it off by pulling the plug.

    Thus, I'm wondering would an SSD fare better than a micro-SD card? Would be connecting it by USB to the Pi. As it'll be only running ROMS, I can't see speed being too much of an issue. But would powering it off incorrectly damage the SSD as badly as the micro-SD?


Comments

  • #2
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,094 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    The OS is writing things to the disk, you're not letting it stop these actions and gracefully shut. This will happen with any storage medium.


  • #3
    gouche
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 420 ✭✭gouche


    Adding a power button is an easy mod to the pi, could be something to try?


  • #4
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    ED E wrote: »
    The OS is writing things to the disk, you're not letting it stop these actions and gracefully shut. This will happen with any storage medium.
    Cool. Google only mentioned micro-SD's dying, so thought I'd ask.
    gouche wrote: »
    Adding a power button is an easy mod to the pi, could be something to try?
    Yup, shall look into it. Will probably get it before I continue to tinker with it further with the RecalBox. Am happy that I found this out now, before I gave it to my mate, and him thinking that he somehow broke it.


  • #5
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,301 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    Moved from Android to Computers & technology


  • #6
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    gouche wrote: »
    Adding a power button is an easy mod to the pi, could be something to try?
    In my search for a button, I came across this; https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GS7HQLB/ Going to look around, but this seems to be a fairly cheap fix for my issue.


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  • #7
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    the_syco wrote: »
    In my search for a button, I came across this; https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07GS7HQLB/ Going to look around, but this seems to be a fairly cheap fix for my issue.
    Just to update this thread; would avoid the piboxy devices. The piboxy.com/install downloads a package, and then the install then looks for an old package that has been replaced. Thus the installer fails, and the power button doesn't get programmed with the correct kill switch; rather it just cuts the power.

    It gave the error
    modprobe: FATAL: Module i2c-dev not found in directory /lib/modules/4.19.97-v7+
    after reformatting the SD card, and trying again, before running the script, the modules folder would have the "4.19.97-v7+" folder, but during the script, it would pull down an updated version; I think it was 4.19.118

    Have emailed the site.


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