I am attempting to install a 2TB SDD to replace the 1TB SSD on my Embassy One. Everything seemed to be going ok until I got this error.
“RPC ERROR: Filesystem I/O Error Input/output error (os error 5)”
I also had a keyboard, monitor and mouse plugged into the back of the Embassy One and it displays the following.
Here is what I have done so far.
- Backup to NAS
- Powered off
- Removed 1TB SSD
- Installed 2TB SSD
- Put the old 1TB SSD in a SATA to USB case
- Removed existing micro SD from Embassy One
- Downloaded StartOS for RaspPI
- Used balesaEtcher to put the OS on a 64GB Micro USB
- Put Micro SD into Embassy one
- Connected Embassy One via RJ45 to my EERO
- Powered on waiting for all the beeps.
- Used Safari on desktop to access start.local
- Selected the old drive
- Selected the new drive
Everything looked as expected until I got the error mentioned above.
Is anyone able to help me.
Hi Whippet,
This issue looks similar to someone who has submitted a question through the support form on the website three times, but then doesn’t see or reply to the emails we send in response. If that’s you, I’d suggest checking your spam folder and working out whatever issue your email server is having so you can receive emails normally.
Regarding the error, I’m guessing you’re tying to run two SSDs connected to this old Raspberry Pi device, that you’re following a guide from a modern x86 device, and you’ve swapped out the internal drive for the blank one and attached the old one externally with an adapter, right?
That’s something that could only work if the second drive was, like the first, given a source of power separate from what can be provided by the Pi itself… so with an adapter that has a separate power supply. While you could go ahead and do that… there remains a question as to whether you should and whether you’d want to…
These devices can’t really run Bitcoin adequately any longer in 2025. In the last couple of years the UTXO set has expanded beyond anything anyone could have imagined with monkey jpegs, stamps and ordinals. It makes the requirements for running Bitcoin a bit more significant… not excessive, any small affordable mini PC will do, but 16GB RAM and a better processor would do wonders on top of that new 2TB drive. You probably should consider taking the opportunity to upgrade.
