The overall system architecture, shown below, is quite similar to that presented in earlier articles, in particular the conclusion to the “Streaming TIDAL” article.
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However, you do have to do various things on a regular computer in order to set things up, and I’ve assumed in these articles that it’s an Apple Mac. While these articles refer to using an Apple Mac quite a lot, the server itself really has nothing to do with the Mac. I’ve broken it down into numbered “bite-sized” chunks and tried to describe it as carefully and thoroughly as I can so that even those unfamiliar with Linux will be able to make their own PiDisk. As a result, the procedure described here does involve quite a lot of remote command-line work. I have chosen a “ground up” approach to building this server – that is, adding functions and configuration to the base operating system rather than using a prebuilt distribution with (for example) a web-based configuration interface.
Minimserver debian startup how to#
![minimserver debian startup minimserver debian startup](https://m23.sourceforge.io/PostNuke-0.750/html/gfx/Debian11-Desktops-mini.png)
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While originally intended as a single article, I have broken it into three articles (for the benefit of reader and writer!): This is the first part of a short series on PiDisk – an inexpensive music server based on the Raspberry Pi.