
In my case, it was easy to identify as "sda". Figure out first which drive is your USB. We're going to setup at least two - one to use for the system so as to preserve the life of our SD card, and the other one for downloads to be stored. Exit, and let's setup some partitions on the USB. Log in remotely with the default pi /raspberry username and password combination, then run: sudo raspi-configĬhange the amount of memory given over graphics to 16 megabytes - we'll be running this completely headless, so you don't need graphic memory. USB Storageīegin with a fresh Raspian install and connect the Ethernet interface, and plug in your USB storage (through a powered USB hub, or it's likely you'll face errors later as I did) - it needn't be formatted yet. A lot of this overlaps with our Raspberry Pi NAS tutorial, so if you're not so interested in the torrenting and VPN side of things, you might want to check that out instead. Sounds complicated, doesn't it? No more than a few hundred Terminal commands, I assure you. Install a remotely-manageable torrent client, Transmission.We don't want out ISP knowing which Linux distro we favour. Configure a VPN so that all traffic is routed over the VPN, securely - and everything stops if that connection fails.Set up a Raspberry Pi with some USB storage, and move the system drive over to USB to extend the life of our SD card.
