Oh well the nvme didn't go as well as I hoped.

The nvme Pi 5 hats were from Pineberry: https://pineberrypi.com/products/hat-top-2230-2240-for-rpi5

I have both the top and bottom ones.

For the drive I was testing WD sn770 which is listed as problematic on their github

I have other drives but I forgot to pack them.

Actually I got one of the sn770 to show up and then dd the iso to try to boot. (Yay!!)

But on reboot it was gone. No amount of config of the eeprom or swapping boards would get it back. (ahhh)

Next I tried a m.2 to sata controller This worked! Photos

I pulled the drive out of one of the Latitudes. Evidently it has ChromeOS Flex.

(I found the drawer of hard drives after searching for sata cables, doh)

Powered the drive with an ATX power supply and shorting the pins to the green and black wires of the mobo power

connector.

Next I would like to try a 2.5 or 10gbe network card and then maybe use a pcie switch to have both at the same time

Thomas

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 9:10 PM tom r lopes <tomrlopes@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
This is some little thing I do every third Sunday. Now hosted at SudoRoom since I became a member.
Anyways, Just a little group to hang around and work on Pi projects or whatever.
Maybe like a Sunday afternoon edition of Hardware Hack.

So I have a couple of the PI 5 and just received some nvme hats. Going to see if I can get the Pi to boot off nvme. Also if there is time maybe see if can connect pcie devices to the m.2 port.

All are welcome to come by. Pi or no Pi.

Also I would like to plan for the February meetup. I want to do something special. Because 12 years ago on Feb 29th the first Raspberry Pi was released and here we are at another leap year.
My idea is to submit an official event to the Raspberry Pi foundation (They call this a Pi Jam)
We would be listed on their webpage (seen by people all over the world) and maybe get some swag out of it. I expect at least 2 or 3 Pi 5 kits.
Also we would likely have a few new people come by and see the space.
I think a Meetup event page would bring 10 or so new people.
Maybe you have something you'd like to show off or demo.
I welcome ideas.

Thanks, Thomas