And, naturally, decided to put it to use (although, for exactly what… is currently unclear). 😊
So… how?
As there was already a micro SD card inside my Raspberry Pi, I was all set!
Basically, what I had to do:
- download the OS image (Raspberry Pi OS Lite)
- download imaging software (Etcher)
- extract the OS onto micro SD card
- enable SSH by adding an empty file called “ssh” (yes, without any extension) to the boot volume
- boot it up
- set it up as I like
Extracting the OS image onto micro SD card is a “breeze” with right tools – select OS image, select where do you want to put it and click Flash:
After it’s finished, don’t forget to enable yourself the SSH access (it’s easier that way):
Done.
Let’s put the card back into Raspberry Pi and boot it up.
Few seconds later, you can use (e.g.) Windows Terminal and included SSH client to access your Raspberry Pi (default networking option is DHCP, with default username of pi and password raspberry):
I wanted to “tweak” my installation a bit (with the provided raspi-config script), so I’ve used the following for disabling unnecessary devices, custom network settings, etc.:
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# raspi-config script is located in /usr/bin/raspi-config # settings (some of them) are located in /boot/config.txt # update the raspi-config script (or you can use 'sudo raspi-config nonint do_update') and vim... is nice to have sudo apt update sudo apt install -y raspi-config vim # set static ip address (configure in '/etc/dhcpcd.conf', can check interfaces with 'ip link' - can be done nicer, but... :)) echo 'interface eth0' | sudo tee -a /etc/dhcpcd.conf echo 'static ip_address=192.168.12.101/24' | sudo tee -a /etc/dhcpcd.conf echo 'static routers=192.168.12.1' | sudo tee -a /etc/dhcpcd.conf echo 'static domain_name_servers=192.168.12.1' | sudo tee -a /etc/dhcpcd.conf # set password (for user 'pi') echo "pi:MyExtraSecretPass#123" | sudo chpasswd # set boot options to my liking sudo raspi-config nonint do_boot_behaviour B1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_boot_wait 1 # set/disable unnecessary interfaces sudo raspi-config nonint do_camera 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_ssh 0 sudo raspi-config nonint do_vnc 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_spi 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_i2c 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_serial 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_onewire 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_rgpio 1 sudo raspi-config nonint do_memory_split 16 sudo raspi-config nonint do_expand_rootfs sudo raspi-config nonint do_wifi_country HR sudo raspi-config nonint do_change_timezone Europe/Zagreb # upgrade packages and set hostname sudo apt upgrade -y sudo raspi-config nonint do_hostname pimaster sudo reboot # ssh back into your pimaster ssh pi@192.168.12.101 |
And after a while, my Raspberry Pi is finally ready:
Cheers!
Great find. Where did you get notes on things like boot_behaviour B1? Is there a reference for this? It’s an excellent tool but just not very clear.
Cheers
Glad to hear! Not sure anymore, but probably it was forum reference (https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=21632) to Git repo (https://github.com/raspberrypi-ui/rc_gui/blob/master/src/rc_gui.c) or StackOverflow (https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/28907/how-could-one-automate-the-raspbian-raspi-config-setup).
Cheers,
Tom