GETTING STARTED WITH RASPI

SO , WITHOUT WASTING OUR TIME LET US START SETTING UP OUR RASPBERRY PI. 

• BUYING WHAT YOU NEED FOR RUNNING A RASPBERRY PI:
  • RASPBERRY PI (MODEL A, B OR B+) CHOOSE AS PER YOUR NEED.
    
    • USB POWER SUPPLY ( YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE'S CHARGER.
    • KEYBOARD AND MOUSE.
    • DISPLAY DEVICE(MONITOR OR TV).
    • HDMI OR VGA CONNECTOR.
    • SD CARD(4 GB RECOMMENDED).
    
    

    OPTIONAL 

    • USB HUB
    • WI-FI ADAPTOR.
    • HDMI-to-VGA ADAPTOR(IF YOU ARE USING A MONITOR).
    • CASE.

NOW LETS HAVE A QUICK LOOK ON HOW TO SETTING UP THE MEMORY CARD FOR THE BOOTING UP OF RASPBERRY PI.

*  AT FIRST FOLLOW THE LINK  http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ AND GET AN IMAGE OF THE OPERATING  SYSTEM YOU WANT TO INSTALL ON YOUR RASPI.

* NOW DOWNLOAD THE FORMATTING TOOL FROM https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/TO FORMAT THE MICRO SD CARD TO PREPARE IT FOR INSTALLING AN IMAGE OF OS.

* NOW INSERT YOUR SD CARD IN THE CARD READER SLOT OF YOUR COMPUTER AND USE THE FORMATTING TOOL TO FORMAT IT.

* DOWNLOAD WIN32 DISK IMAGER FROM SOURCE FORGE PROJECT PAGE.EXTRACT THE FILE AND RUN win32diskimager AS ADMINISTRATOR.

* SELECT THE IMAGE FILE THAT YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED AND EXTRACTED ABOVE.

* SELECT THE DRIVE LETTER FOR SD CARD, PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION WHILE SELECTING THE DRIVE LETTER. AS BY SELECTING THE WRONG DRIVE, YOU WILL END UP BY DESTROYING ALL YOUR DATA ON THE HDD.

* IF YOU ARE USING THE SD CARD SLOT AND CAN'T ABLE TO FIND THE DRIVE LETTER FOR YOUR SD CARD THEN TRY A USB CARD ADAPTOR.

* CLICK write AND WAIT FOR THE IMAGE TO BE WRITTEN ON THE DISK.

* EXIT THE IMAGER AND EJECT THE DISK.

NOW AS YOUR SD CARD IS READY WITH AN OS INSTALLED ON IT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH BOOTING UP YOUR PI.

* CONNECT THE COMPLETE SETUP SUCH AS MOUSE,KEYBOARD,MONITOR ETC.

* INSERT THE MICRO SD CARD THAT YOU HAVE PREPARED ABOVE INTO THE CARD SLOT OF THE RASPBERRY PI.

* POWER ON YOUR RASPBERRY PI AND FOLLOW THE ON SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS.

* LOGIN DETAILS ARE AS

 ::LOGIN- pi

 ::PASSWORD- raspberry

* TYPE startx AND HIT ENTER TO GO INTO GUI.