[chirp_users] USB LiveBoot ?

[Bruce LeGrande]

Yup...
I guess I left out the most important fact responsible for the error message, which is the OS on the NetBook is Debian Squeeze v6, to which doing a major update to is not an option.
Have tried installing the latest version of Chirp under that, but there are just too many errors in compile making that not feasible.  And since there is no .Deb distribution package available, compiling source is the only option.

That was my main reason for becoming interested in a LiveBoot application on a USB stick, to bypass all that hassle.

I have managed to create the Ubuntu based TharPuppy stick to boot from, so now perhaps I'll be able to install the latest version of Chirp for Ubuntu.
And the problem would be solved...

I was thinking that if someone here had built a RAM boot/run image specifically for (with) Chirp, it might save me some time.
Shame on me for wanting to save time, and not duplicate efforts done by another already...

I'll just schlog along on my own and see how things turn out.

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On Aug 2, 2016, 08:30, at 08:30, W Paul Mills <AC0HY at WPMills.com> wrote:
>Wow, you really don't tell us much about your real problem. But it
>does appear that your first order of business would be to get the
>latest version of Chirp, instead of a version that is years old.
>
>The Chinese radios are a constantly moving target, so without a
>current version of Chirp, there is no chance of making programming
>your radio possible.
>
>See notes below
>
>
>
>On 08/02/2016 02:21 AM, Bruce LeGrande wrote:
>> 
>> Just looked at the LiveCD image file for Chirp and woah!, that
>> seems MUCH larger than it needs to be... (600+Mb)
>> 
>> I'm interested in setting up a bootable USB stick with an autorun
>> Chirp session for programming my Baofeng UV-82HP.
>> 
>> I'm getting the 'Unsupported firmware version: "N82-33 US2S35 
>> /Uffffffff/Uffffffff" with Chirp v0.4.0
>
>This is most likely due to using an old version of chirp with a newer
>firmware version radio.
>
>> 
>> The hardware is an ACER AspireOne NetBook (AMD64).
>
>This is not relevant. But operating system and version might be.
>
>> 
>> It would seem that this project SHOULD fit on a 1-Gb USB Stick
>> with plenty of room to spare to store radio programming data.
>> 
>> Anyone have an ISO for this...
>> 
>> I'm  getting Puppy Linux and DSLinux Live boot ISO's  right now in
>> case I have to use an IMG burn file of Chirp. PuppyLinux ISO is
>> only 225Mb, and I think DamnSmallLinux is even smaller.
>
>I don't have any experience with these Linux variations, so can't help
>you there.
>
>> 
>> And on a second note... Is anyone working on an Android App port of
>> Chirp ? Sure would be nice to prgm the radios with a SmartPhone or
>> Tablet... Of course, that would require a cable with a MicroUSB
>> connector.
>
>Not likely to happen.
>
>> 
>> 73 4 now Bruce
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