When setting up a new Raspberry Pi, you need to install an operating system. As I do that very rarely I personally stick to NOOBS (New Out Of Box Software) at the beginning as it is an easy operating system install manager for the Raspberry Pi.
Download NOOBS
SD cards with NOOBS preinstalled are available in many online shops and are sometimes well pized. If you are not lucky enough to find a good prize or you have an old SD card you don’t need (min 16 GB) follow the steps bellow.
- Using a computer with an SD card reader, visit the Downloads page of raspberrypi.org
2. Click on NOOBS
3. Then select Offline and network install and Download it as a ZIP
Copy NOOBS to the SD Card
- It is best to format your SD card before copying the NOOBS files onto it. (Right-click on the SD drive, then Format…)
2. Once your SD card has been formatted, extract the files from the zip you downloaded to your SD card (defaults, os, etc.). The necessary files will then be transferred to your SD card and will look like bellow.
4. When the extraction has finished, safely remove the SD card and insert it into your Raspberry Pi.
First boot
1.Plugin your keyboard, mouse, and monitor cables first.
2. Then plug the USB power cable into your Raspberry Pi. This will trigger the boot process.
3. During the boot, a window will appear with a list of different operating systems that you can install.
4. Please choose your language and your keyboard layout. I use CH as I have a Swiss QERTZ keyboard.
5. Choose Raspbian by making a tick next to the box Raspbian
6. Click on Install and confirm that all existing data on the drive will be overwritten.
7. Raspbian will then run through its installation process.
8. When the installation process has completed, a welcome window will pop up and guides you through the settings e.g. time zone, password, wifi settings, etc. and ends with an optional update.