Can you read a Floppy on Windows, Mac, Ubuntu or Raspberry Pi in 2020?

In this video I test loading an image from a 3.5″ floppy using a Chuanganzhuo USB External Floppy Drive on Windows 10, macOS, Ubuntu Linux and Raspberry Pi OS.

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Verifying a SHA Checksum on a Mac

Print SHA Checksum
shasum -a 256 2020-05-27-raspios-buster-full-armhf.zip

Output:

fdbd6f5b5b7e1fa5e724bd8747c5109801442e9200144d0a1941c9e73c93dd61  2020-05-27-raspios-buster-full-armhf.zip
Save Checksum to File
shasum -a 256 2020-05-27-raspios-buster-full-armhf.zip > hash.sha256
Verify Checksum from File
shasum -c hash.sha256

Output:

2020-05-27-raspios-buster-full-armhf.zip: OK

Raspberry Pi 4 HDMI Capture Work in Progress

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FFmpeg Capture Notes: https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Webcam

Install v4l
sudo apt install v4l-utils
List Devices
v4l2-ctl --list-devices
List Modes
ffmpeg -f v4l2 -list_formats all -i /dev/video0
List Audio Devices
arecord -l
List PCMs
arecord -L
Display Video from HDMI Capture Card using FFplay
ffplay -f v4l2 -input_format mjpeg -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -i /dev/video0
Play Audio from HDMI Capture Card using FFplay
ffplay -f alsa -i plughw:CARD=Video,DEV=0
Install MPlayer
sudo apt install mplayer
Display Video from HDMI Capture Card using MPlayer
mplayer tv:// driver=v4l2:width=1920:height:1080:device=/dev/video0:fps=30
Attempt to Record Audio and Video to mp4
ffmpeg -f v4l2 -input_format mjpeg -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -i /dev/video0 -f alsa -i plughw:CARD=Video,DEV=0 vid.mp4
Attempt to Record Audio and Video to avi
ffmpeg -f v4l2 -input_format mjpeg -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -i /dev/video0 -f alsa -i plughw:CARD=Video,DEV=0 -codec copy vid.avi
Convert avi to mp4
ffmpeg -i vid.avi vid.mp4

Raspberry Pi Reset Forgotten Password

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Open this File on the “boot” Partition on a Mac/PC/Linux Computer
cmdline.txt
Change the Line
console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=be3c3272-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait
To this Line
console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=be3c3272-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait init=/bin/sh

Save and Eject the microSD Card

Boot the microSD Card in a Raspberry Pi

Mount the Filesystem as Read/Write
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mmcblk0p2 /
Change Password for User Pi
passwd pi
Sync RAM to microSD Card before Power Down
sync