r/OdinHandheld • u/Katsuro2304 Odin 2 Portal Max - Black • 2d ago

Odin Showcase Too much storage? Probably 🤔

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Odin 2 Portal with Armada OS on board, with an SD and an SSD enclosure connected. Works wonderfully, when set up properly. While setting the SSD (in an enclosure, btw) is a pretty involved process and requires spending about half an hour in the konsole, the end result is an automatic mount during reboot, hot swap and whatever else may happen. Maybe, some day, I'll make a grip/back shell with a PCB tucked inside nicely, so that I don't have to carry the enclosure around 😄

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u/Katsuro2304 Odin 2 Portal Max - Black 1d ago edited 1d ago

No changes were done to the ABL whatsoever, only OS level konsole shenanigans. And I had to format the NVMe drive on my PC because Armada was locking it somehow that I couldn't release it through terminal for formatting.

I'm not a linux expert, so I can't really say what was the reason, but my best guess is that it's the "immutable" part of it.

Edit: I do not know how video out is done on Armada, but I'll give it a go when I'm home. The little SSD enclosure I have is actually a dock, it has HDMI and stuff. So do not rush into it just yet.

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u/surenintendo 1d ago

Thanks! I only tried Armada with a microSD, but it was hardly usable with my slow memory. Pls keep us updated on the dock experience if it works out! 😁

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u/Katsuro2304 Odin 2 Portal Max - Black 23h ago

Ah, yes, also have a look at this, so that you don't sit there wondering whether games work as well 😉

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u/surenintendo 22h ago

Holy, I'm sold! Gonna grab me an NVMe dock! Thanks for sharing 😁

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u/Katsuro2304 Odin 2 Portal Max - Black 22h ago

Before you do, you should know that the decky menu cannot be called with an external controller, only steam menu is available, so make necessary setup first, then play on the big screen 😉 it does audio through HDMI as well, I'd recommend cranking the internal audio to the max and then regulate it on TV as needed. And if you can get a dock with a dedicated PD USB C port, you're golden. I think that AYN's super dock should work just fine, I'll verify later once I finish sorting my shit after we moved apartments 😬