Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Fisrt boot of Raspberry Pi


First, created the file image file using

http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/images/raspbian/2013-05-25-wheezy-raspbian/2013-05-25-wheezy-raspbian.zip

After unzip the file, insert a SD card. I used 2GB media, though 4GB+ is recommended, for challenge. It is easy to write the boot image file to SD media. After confirming the device name by df command,

sudo dd bs=1m if=./2013-05-25-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/rdisk2

<Test With USB Keyboard>
Now insert the SD card to the RaspberryPi,
Insert the keyboard to the USB
Connect HDTV to RPi
Connect PowerUSB

Now I can see the boot screen. Change the account password etc. However, xinit/startx doesn't work as we don't have network connection. Only one single USB port is occupied by the keyboard.

<Edit Wifi Password file>
It needs to be authenticated with password to connect the network. Need this file to be edit,

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev

update_config=1 
network={ 
ssid="SSID"
psk="password
proto=RSN 
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK 
pairwise=CCMP 
auth_alg=OPEN 
}

(SSID and password need to be modified)



<Change the keyboard with wifi dongle TP-Link TLWN725N>
Although boot process finished, no IP address assigned. No connection SSH from the network.

Now I know that there would need the driver for TP-Link TL-WN725N version 2. It is not compatible with the Raspbian 2013-05-25 at least.

There is a driver module downloadable from the site below.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/80256631/8188eu-20130209.tar.gz
However, there is no internet connection from my raspberry Pi model A without wifi connection. How can I place this file to the file system.

Still there is a solution... (To be continued)





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