For those who do not want to take the Raspberry-pi, ALLO sparky etc route with Volumio, can simply use a laptop or PC.
Any old one will do. Even a vintage one will outdo a RAPI or Sparky in terms of hardware.
I am trying it on my old Dell laptop with Intel Core2Duo processor, 4GB RAM and 250GB HDD.
No issues so far and everything works seamlessly.
Advantages:
1. Far superior hardware configuration.
2. Boot from a reasonable large capacity hard disk which can also be used as a source for your music files. No need of USB drives, NAS, external storage etc.
3. It is an exact replica of Volumio, so you get all its features
4. The laptop screen becomes the display, or you can use it headless aswell from any other laptop
5. Extremely fast library management due to better hardware resources.
6. Simple to copy music files over the network as the music folder of Volumio hard disk appears in network share in windows.
6. Volumio is one of the best and most popular linux audiophile distros.
7. No optimization like booting from Windows as Volumio is a dedicated audiophile specific operating system.
Disadvantages:
Hardware comparability. Will usually not be a problem with older machines.
How to write:
For guys good in linux, you can use the terminal from an existing Volumio install.
For guys like me:
A simple and easy method is to have a working PC or laptop with windows.
The hard disk you want to boot Volumio from should be connected to the USB port, so you will need a external SATA-to-USB enclosure.
How to:
Download Etcher to your PC/laptop.
Download the latest VolumioX86/x64 image
Connect your HARD disk to the USB port.
Run Etcher and follow instructions to select the Volumio image and the destination disk (USB hard disk)
Enable 'unsafe' mode under setting in etcher (you will find setting icon on the top right corner)
Now burn the image to your destination drive.
That's it.
Now remove the hard drive from the enclosure and put it into the PC/laptop where you want to run Volumio.
Enjoy a audiophile music OS on your old laptop. Integrate it as a source into your setup. You can connect it to your DAC etc....
Any old one will do. Even a vintage one will outdo a RAPI or Sparky in terms of hardware.
I am trying it on my old Dell laptop with Intel Core2Duo processor, 4GB RAM and 250GB HDD.
No issues so far and everything works seamlessly.
Advantages:
1. Far superior hardware configuration.
2. Boot from a reasonable large capacity hard disk which can also be used as a source for your music files. No need of USB drives, NAS, external storage etc.
3. It is an exact replica of Volumio, so you get all its features
4. The laptop screen becomes the display, or you can use it headless aswell from any other laptop
5. Extremely fast library management due to better hardware resources.
6. Simple to copy music files over the network as the music folder of Volumio hard disk appears in network share in windows.
6. Volumio is one of the best and most popular linux audiophile distros.
7. No optimization like booting from Windows as Volumio is a dedicated audiophile specific operating system.
Disadvantages:
Hardware comparability. Will usually not be a problem with older machines.
How to write:
For guys good in linux, you can use the terminal from an existing Volumio install.
For guys like me:
A simple and easy method is to have a working PC or laptop with windows.
The hard disk you want to boot Volumio from should be connected to the USB port, so you will need a external SATA-to-USB enclosure.
How to:
Download Etcher to your PC/laptop.
Download the latest VolumioX86/x64 image
Connect your HARD disk to the USB port.
Run Etcher and follow instructions to select the Volumio image and the destination disk (USB hard disk)
Enable 'unsafe' mode under setting in etcher (you will find setting icon on the top right corner)
Now burn the image to your destination drive.
That's it.
Now remove the hard drive from the enclosure and put it into the PC/laptop where you want to run Volumio.
Enjoy a audiophile music OS on your old laptop. Integrate it as a source into your setup. You can connect it to your DAC etc....