![]() This data *should* also be kept intact, if you need to use the option to recover a corrupted installation of your OS. The Data Partition option adds a data partition that can be used to share data between the different OS systems (if you install more than one). If you choose to load multiple operating systems, make sure you have enough space on the SD card. You will prompted to choose which operating system to use each time the Raspberry Pi boots. Using NOOBS you can install one or more operating systems on the Rasperry Pi. After a few moments the screen will show a splash of colour and then the following menu will appear: The Raspberry Pi does not have an “on / off” button, so it will start the boot process, once the power adapter is plugged in. The next step is to insert the Micro SD card in the Raspberry Pi, connect the mouse, keyboard, ethernet cable (optional) and the monitor. Raspberry Pi 2 Raspbian install and first boot Once you download the (rather large) NOOBS zip file, you need to extract its contents and copy it to the empty and correctly formatted Micro SD card from the previous step. This process is for “advanced users” only. You can use those images to install a certain operating system directly, without going through the NOOBS install manager. The download links on the page will point to specific operating system images. I prefer to minimize complications during install, so I used the full version. The NOOBS Lite version will require the Pi to download files from the internet, during the install process. Choose the “full” version of NOOBS, it should be the top / first option. You can download the latest version from the web-site. You may be prompted with several download options on that page. ![]() ![]() The easiest way to install Raspbian is through the NOOBS install manager (New Out Of the Box Software). Bottom line: if you get errors during install, or boot, try a different Micro SD card before wasting hours troubleshooting. Both work great in my camera, or with my USB SD card reader. I had no problems with three different cards, and then 2 new 16 gig Adata cards both kept crashing the Raspberry Pi during boot up. Once you have an empty micro SD card formatted correctly, you are ready to copy the Raspberry Pi OS on it.Ī word of caution: some SD cards work better than others with the Raspberry Pi. Once you open the respective program, follow the menus to delete the existing contents of the SD card and format it using FAT32. Regardless of the tool you use, be very careful to select the correct drive / partition where your SD card is! A mistake here could potentially wipe-out your computer’s hard-drive! On my old Ubunto laptop, I had to install the package with “apt-get” and run it as administrator. For Linux, the start-up guide recommends GParted, a free application for managing disk partitions using a graphical interface. To do that you can use the SD Formatter program by SD Associates, available for Windows and for Mac. The Micro SD card for the Raspberry Pi 2 needs to be formatted using the FAT32 format. I will cover the WiFi configuration in a follow-up post.
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