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A600GS & A1200NG / A1200NG- tinkering
« Last post by asm1 on November 09, 2025, 01:17:32 PM »While waiting for Mr @F0LLETT 's bosses to respond to my request RE CPU boost code. I poked about a bit and did "things".
I take no responsibility if you mess your card or system up. Back up beforehand, take an image, don't use the "backup restore" option. "Win32DiskImager" or something similar to take a complete image of your SD card. Outside the Opi
Now I'm no linux expert but the Image on the orange Pi is reasonably straightforward. The entry for the hostname is in /etc/hostname.text (woohoo)
It has one line thus:
a600gs
Change this to whatever you like.
Save it and shove the card back into your machine. I used my linux mint install to do this because windows wont read the drive naively...I don't trust windows and It reduces the risk of corruption (I've screwed up enough SD cards in windows messing around).
Unlike Raspberry pi images, the Opi seems to be a single image rather than a "boot partition" and then system.... good o.
To install a bigger SD (fnarr!) I imaged my 64GB card and then wrote said image to my newly acquired 128GB card using Win32diskimager. The 64 GB card will now be kept as backup.
Again, because I'm wary of windows misbehaving, I did all my changes to the partitions in Linux mint. Windows says it cant read the card anyway. Good, Ignorance is bliss.
GParted very helpfully allowed me to stretch the 64GB image to make use of the extra space. Save, done. Shove back in A1200NG or A600GS whatever and boot.
Usual Caveats apply:
1)I'm not amigakit, nor do I speak for them.
2)This worked for me. If you diddle and break something, absolutely on you not me. I'm no linux expert which is why I've delved no deeper than described.
3) I hope this doesn't annoy AK lol.
4) Aside from the partition change, we may find that any changes to hostname.text may revert at next firmware/update, thus may need to be reapplied.
You did back-up before fiddling about with files and partitions didn't you
?
I take no responsibility if you mess your card or system up. Back up beforehand, take an image, don't use the "backup restore" option. "Win32DiskImager" or something similar to take a complete image of your SD card. Outside the Opi
Now I'm no linux expert but the Image on the orange Pi is reasonably straightforward. The entry for the hostname is in /etc/hostname.text (woohoo)
It has one line thus:
a600gs
Change this to whatever you like.
Save it and shove the card back into your machine. I used my linux mint install to do this because windows wont read the drive naively...I don't trust windows and It reduces the risk of corruption (I've screwed up enough SD cards in windows messing around).
Unlike Raspberry pi images, the Opi seems to be a single image rather than a "boot partition" and then system.... good o.
To install a bigger SD (fnarr!) I imaged my 64GB card and then wrote said image to my newly acquired 128GB card using Win32diskimager. The 64 GB card will now be kept as backup.
Again, because I'm wary of windows misbehaving, I did all my changes to the partitions in Linux mint. Windows says it cant read the card anyway. Good, Ignorance is bliss.
GParted very helpfully allowed me to stretch the 64GB image to make use of the extra space. Save, done. Shove back in A1200NG or A600GS whatever and boot.
Usual Caveats apply:
1)I'm not amigakit, nor do I speak for them.
2)This worked for me. If you diddle and break something, absolutely on you not me. I'm no linux expert which is why I've delved no deeper than described.
3) I hope this doesn't annoy AK lol.
4) Aside from the partition change, we may find that any changes to hostname.text may revert at next firmware/update, thus may need to be reapplied.
You did back-up before fiddling about with files and partitions didn't you
? 
We'll talk about the recent Amiwest Show and the announcements made there.'
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