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How to make an SD card for Raspberry Pi

How to make a Raspberry Pi SD card

The SD card will contain the Raspberry Pi operating system (the operating system is the software that makes the Raspberry Pi work, just like in a PC

OSX in Windows and Mac). This operating system is very different from most computer systems. So many people find this to be the trickiest part of using a Raspberry Pi. It's actually very simple - just different.

The following operation guide is for Windows users. For Linux and Mac users, please refer to the following URL

www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

1. Download Raspberry Pi operating system

It is recommended to use Raspbian, download it from the following URL:

/win32-image-writer/+download

b) Unzip the compressed package Go to the same directory as the Raspbian .zip file

c) Now you have the win32diskimager-binary directory

Now you can write the Raspbian image to your SD card.

4. Write the Raspbian image to the SD card

a) Connect the SD card to the computer

b) Unzip the file in step 3(b) folder, run Win32DiskImager.exe

(If you are using Windows Vista, 7 or 8, it is recommended to right-click the file and select

"Run as administrator"). You will see the following window:

c) If the SD card is not found automatically, then manually select the corresponding drive of the SD card in the drop-down selection box

d) In Image File Select the Raspbian .img file you just downloaded in the selection box

e) Click the "Write" button

f) The Raspberry Pi SD card will be written in a few minutes

5. Start your Raspberry Pi for the first time

a) Follow the first page of the "Quick Start Guide" to connect the Raspberry Pi

b) When you start it for the first time, you will Enter the Raspi-config settings window

c) Set options such as timezone and locale

d) Finally select the second item:

expand_rootfs

Then select 'yes' and restart

e) After the Raspberry Pi restarts, you will see raspberrypi login:

f) Enter:

pi

g) Raspberry Pi will ask you for Password

h) Enter:

raspberry

i) Now you will see the prompt:

pi@raspberry ~ $

j) If you want to enter the graphical interface, enter:

startx

k) You will find that you have entered A desktop environment that is both familiar and different

l) OK, I found that you have created the SD card for the Raspberry Pi.