

Part C - Rpi Desktop Setup Notes V0.1 2018dec05hkt1246Ĭ.0.01 Boot rpi with 8GB Raspbian Stretch Version November 2018 (release date ) Kernal 4.4 SD card.Ĭ.0.03 Set country - Hong Kong SAR China, Cantonese, TimeZone Hong Kong, Use US Keyboard.Ĭ.0.04 Change password from default 'raspberry' to '**', donot hide characters.Ĭ.0.05 Select WiFi Network - 'tlfong01'from list of seven displayed wifi network.Ĭ.0.06 Enter wifi password '*********', do not hide characters.Ĭ.0.07 Update software start 12:50 finish 13:03 Total 13 min.Ĭ.0.8 Reboot (for new setting to take effect).Ĭ.0.9 Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse > use all defaults, no new settings for Logitec wireless keyboard and mouse. Raspbian version 2018nov is more newbie friendly than before, no more confusions on UK/US English and keyboard settings, all GUI, no scary terminal sudo commands, Newbie notes on setting up Rpi Raspbian Version 2018Nov Desktop The time has time to check out if these cards can boot Rpi. Now I have copied 7 SD cards and put them in my high class plastic SD card safe. Wed 4:10 am Made 7 SD boot cards, ready to boot Rpi and config Raspbian stretch Use Win10 remove USB card command before physically remove SD card, or Win10 will be confused and show ghost disks already removed. Use Win10 DiskImager 1.0 to copy image to SD card.Ĥ. Use Win10 SDFormatter 4.0 qucik format, using all default options.ģ. Use Win10 quick format, using all default options.Ģ. It is cheap, format and transfer data quick. I found the most popular SanDisk 8GB (HD video, microSDHC) best for newbies. So for now it is better to use 8GB or 16GB cards. Note: I tried 32GB card but foundonly 16GB detected I am not sure if I can expand it later expand it. I am not sure if I can expand it later expand it.

Note: I tried 32GB card but found only 16GB detected. So the lesson learnt is to make more copies of SD card at the end of a development stage, or so called a milestone, so in case I made a mistake and messed up the raspbian os, I can fall back to a previous version SD card.
DesktopOK 5.61 install#
So I needed to use a new SD card, and needed to install all the tools again, wasting hours. When I tried to update software, for example, last time from Lua 5.1 to 5.3, I found one update method did not work, then tried another one, and yet another one, ending a big mess and could not recover.

For example, I don't know what is alias, why use “./” in front of file names, what is environment etc.

I am making more SD card copies because I often made newbie mistakes which ordinary linux users will not make, and I don't have enough knowledge to understand what goes wrong. Win32DiskImager - 1.0 to copy image to SD cardĬopy image to SD card Master copy, Copy 0 (speed 6MB/s to 15 MB/s, Total time about 7.5 min). Win10 quick format SD card, SDFormatter V4.0 quick format SD card Raspbian Stretch Version:November 2018 Release date: Kernel version:4.14ĭ:/rpi_stretch_2018dec04/work2/-raspbian-stretch-full.img Tue 2:02 pm MCP23017 Troubleshooting notes - setting up another RPi
