Easy  Inovato Quadra HamPI  / HamIQ Install Guide — Ham Radio Linux Raspberry Pi Alternative

This guide shows you how to get HamPi onto the Inovato Quadra. This is a very basic / easy install guide.

Future episodes will go into configuration of software, wifi etc, but since this image is on a Microsd card, Please feel free to play around. If you mess something up, just reinstall the image on the SD Card.

Inovato Quadra – https://www.inovato.com/

“Meet Quadra: A $29.95 complete mini-PC for school, home, hobby
Not just a raw board, Quadra is a complete modern Linux computer that can be used as a server or light-use desktop. It includes the case, heatsink, power adapter and HDMI cable. Just plug into a TV or monitor and a keyboard/mouse. No SD card needed as the OS (Debian Bullseye 64-bit) is pre-flashed in internal memory. A great option instead of Raspberry Pi when you don’t need the 40-pin I/O header or want something more affordable that doesn’t require assembly.”

I recommend the 39.95 unit with the 10 dollar bluetooth / usb hub upgrade.

NOTE: MicroSD card will show as 16gb filesystem. I’ll have a video soon on expanding the filesystem, when i figure it out.

Sourceforge – Hampi Image – https://sourceforge.net/projects/hampi/files/2022-11%20Release/
Download the img.xz file. At the time of recording, it is HamPi_v3.1.1b2_InovatoQuadra.img.xz (Things change, I cannot control that)

In the event you need a text guide for the flashing of the image – https://sourceforge.net/projects/hampi/files/2022-11%20Release/HOW_TO_FLASH_IMAGE.TXT/download

Balena Etcher to write the image to a SD Card – https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Hot tip: if you wish to just burn the image to the device drive, just unplug everything, only plug in the power, and wait about ten minutes until the light turns blue on the quadra. Then you should be able unplug, remove the sd card and plug everything back in, stuff the Hampi/hamiq image on the internal 16gb drive. Video to come
Best of luck.

Best of luck.

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