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This tag covers everything related to setting up the Raspberry Pi including flashing SD cards and changing the default user.
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On the RPi Advanced setup page, what does mkcard.txt do?
It is not clear what makecard is supposed to do. I guess it partitions the SD card - use fdisk - and copies the image on - download from the website and use dd.
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Why doesn't `dd` create partitions when copying the Raspberry Pi disk image?
Your command is wrong.
You should execute
sudo dd bs=1M if=~/roottofile/2012-08-16-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb1 is the first partition of the SD card. /dev/sdb is the block device of …
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Epiphany & Proxy Server
Given Epiphany is an integral part of Gnome, it uses the Gnome-wide system preferences.
You can tell all applications on your system to use this tunnel through Gnome’s network-proxy interface. It …
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How do I access the distribution's name on the command line?
Try
cat /etc/*-release
On my desktop, it gives
NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ANSI_COLOR="0;36"
HOME_URL="https://www.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
B …
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Is it possible to update, upgrade and install software before flashing an image?
Yes
The answer's always yes, right, just takes a while to work out how!
The Hard Way
I will be running this on a VPS, provided by Brightbox.com. I used a Nano Server (2 CPUs, 512MB RAM, 20GB disk s …
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How do I get the serial number?
The serial number can be found in /proc/cpuinfo; for example,
pi@raspberrypi:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 7 (v6l)
BogoMIPS : 697.95
Features …
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How do I create a new user?
Debian
The official Debian image ships with at least 2 users, root and pi. You will only be able to login to the pi account.
How do I change pi's password?
At the very least, you should change the pas …
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Can I install Windows?
No. At this point in time, Windows cannot be installed on the Raspberry Pi.
Windows is designed for the x86 and x86-64 architectures (32 and 64 bit architecture respectively).
The RPi has an ARM arc …
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How do I change the IP settings by mounting the SD card in another computer?
Using the example from the Arch Linux Beginners' Guide, a static IP setup would look similar to
HOSTNAME="arch"
interface=eth0
address=192.168.1.100
netmask=255.255.255.0
broadcast=192.168.1.255
gateway …
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How can I change the Raspberry Pi user password?
You can change the password of the current user by running passwd.
Related Questions
How do I create a new user?
What password to use to log in after the first boot?
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