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If you have a camera that takes SD cards use the cameras format option its quick and usually works. | If you have a camera that takes SD cards use the cameras format option its quick and usually works. | ||
− | Ok most of this page will work around the Wheezy images but should work for any image but your going to need to get an image | + | Ok most of this page will work around the Wheezy images but should work for any image but your going to need to get an image. |
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+ | The older version [http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1435 Wheezy 2012-06-18 Beta is available here] | ||
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+ | The current one [http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads Wheezy-Raspbian-2012-07-15 is on the main download page here] | ||
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+ | Both give the option of a direct browser download or a download using Torrent | ||
== The checksum and using it == | == The checksum and using it == |
Revision as of 17:22, 11 August 2012
Page in development so far just layout
The intention of this page is to provide the detail of making a working SD card for a RaspberryPi keeping instructions and explanations jargon free as much as posible and explaining any neccessary jargon as it appears.
Contents
Getting an image
What is an image.
An image is a file you download that contains the bare minimum to setup a RaspberryPi SD card. The SD card is that bit of plastic you can put in your camera to store pictures and it is more than capable of acting as the primary disk for your RaspberryPi
The absolute minimum to load a Wheezy image is a 2 Gig (Gigabyte) SD card (there are images that will fit on a 1 Gig but not Wheezy) but you will not have much space so I reccomend a 4 Gig and as a noob have two if you can.
You can move to bigger ones later I started with a 2 Gig I extracted from an old camera and a 4 Gig I scrounged from an old MP3 player
If you have a camera that takes SD cards use the cameras format option its quick and usually works.
Ok most of this page will work around the Wheezy images but should work for any image but your going to need to get an image.
The Wheezy image at this time has two versions and each has two download methods
The older version Wheezy 2012-06-18 Beta is available here
The current one Wheezy-Raspbian-2012-07-15 is on the main download page here
Both give the option of a direct browser download or a download using Torrent
The checksum and using it
Image writers
Win32DiskImage
Ubuntu ImageWriter
Linux dd
config.txt
Cable connections
Power to the RPi
Ethernet
USB 1 & 2
HDMI
Composite
Sound
The SD Card slot
Hey look LED's
The tidy shutdown
Backup your work
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