For the Hands On section held at the first Raspberry Jam Penang in Penang Science Cluster/Cafe

1. Setup Raspberry Pi
with
Raspbian
Get your Pi up and running
Vicknesh Suppramaniam

2. Requirements
 Hardware
 Raspberry Pi Model B or B+.
 5V 1A power adapter.
 Micro USB cable for power.
 Ethernet cable.
 MicroSD card adapter.
 SD Card reader.

3. Requirements
 Software
 Raspbian image
 Download from Raspberry Pi website
 Direct download URL
 http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_latest
 Windows
 Win32Diskimager
 Putty
 Network Scanner
 Nmap
 SoftPerfect Network Scanner.
 Linux
 Most tools already installed.
 Install nmap separately.

4. Let’s get started
 Writing the image to an SD card.
 Windows
 Launch Wind32Diskimager with Administrator privileges.
 Right click -> Run as Administrator
 Choose the file 2014-06-20-wheezy-raspbian.img
 Make sure the SD card drive is selected.
 Click write. 1
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5. Let’s get started
 Writing the image to an SD card.
 Linux
 Identify where the SD card is attached
 tail –f /var/log/syslog
 tail –f /var/log/messages
 fdisk –l
 Result will be something like /dev/sdX
 Make sure you get the right one, otherwise you can
destroy your entire partition.
 Begin writing (do the following as root)
 dd if=/path/to/raspbian/2014-06-20-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/sdX bs=4M
 Make sure /dev/sdX is where the SD card is attached.
 To monitor the progress, you can do the following as root
 ps ax | grep dd – get the PID of dd
 watch –n5 kill –USR1 <pid of dd>
 Wait!!!

6. Configuring the Pi
 Plug the Pi into the network.
 Turn on the power for the Pi.
 Wait a minute or so.
 Windows
 Launch SoftPerfect Network Scanner.
 Enter your Network Range.
 Press Ctrl+Enter to begin scan.
 Linux
 Nmap –sP <network range>
 Nmap –sP 192.168.1.0/24
 If no scanner available, wait another minute and try
 arp -a
 Identify the IP address of the Raspberry Pi based on the MAC address.
 Raspberry Pi MAC address starts with B8:27:EB

7. Configuring the Pi
 Headless configuration
 Putty
 Enter the IP address of the Pi. Default port is 22.
 Linux
 ssh pi@<ip address>
 Default username – pi
 Default password – raspberry

8. Configuring the Pi
 Headless configuration
 sudo raspi-config
 Press enter.

9. Configuring the Pi
 Expand the filesystem.
 Makes Raspbian use all the space on the SD card. Needs
reboot.
 Change user password
 Change the default password. Don’t forget it.
 Enable Boot to Desktop/Scratch
 Choose which environment Raspbian boots to. Default is
console.

10. Configuring the Pi
 Internationalisation Options
 Change Locale
 Make sure en_US.UTF-8 is selected.
 Choose en_US.UTF-8 as default locale.

11. Configuring the Pi
 Internationalisation Options
 Change Timezone
 Asia->Kuala Lumpur

12. Configuring the Pi
 Enable Camera
 Choose this if you are going to use the Raspberry Pi camera or
the Raspberry Pi NoIR camera.
 Overclock
 Choose modest. No overvolting required.
 Advanced Options
 SSH enabled by default now.
 Change hostname to something else.
 Change memory split.
 I choose 32 for server ONLY without GUI.
 Update
 Update this tool to the latest version.

13. Post configuration
 sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get safe-upgrade –y
 Update Raspbian to apply any patches or security updates.
 Reboot after doing this.
 sudo rpi-update
 Downloads the latest firmware.
 Reboot after doing this.
 sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
 Allows you to access your Raspberry Pi using
hostname.local instead of remembering the IP.
 Useable on all Linux, OSX and Windows machine with
Bonjour service.

14. Advanced Configuration –
Setting static IP
 Servers need static IP.
 How?
 sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
 Ctrl+X to quit and save. Enter “y” and press ENTER.
 sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
 Ctrl+X to quit and save. Enter “y” and press ENTER.
 Reboot.
iface eth0 inet static
address <ip address here>
netmask <netmask here>
gateway <gateway IP address here>
nameserver 4.2.2.3
nameserver 128.199.248.105

15. Advanced Configuration –
Configuring Wireless from CLI
 Plug your wi-fi dongle to the Raspberry Pi.
 Make sure it is detected and recognized.
 sudo iwconfig
 Make sure there is a wlanX interface listed.
 sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
 Ctrl+X to quit and save. Enter “y” and press ENTER.
 Reboot.
network={
ssid=“YOUR_SSID"
psk=“YOUR_PASSWORD"
}

16. Uploading files to Raspberry Pi
 Download and install WinSCP
 http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/winscp_portable
 Launch WinSCP and enter the following information
 IP address of the Raspberry Pi.
 Port number of SSH (default 22).
 Username – pi
 Password – raspberry (default)
 Click “Login”.

17. Uploading files to Raspberry Pi

18. Uploading files to Raspberry Pi

19. You now have a working Raspberry Pi for your enjoyment.
Have some cake 

20. Thank you for attending!!!
Vicknesh Suppramaniam
Contact : vicknesh@any6.asia