diff --git a/rpi4_image_notes.txt b/rpi4_image_notes.txt index fa9e893a..2923c67f 100644 --- a/rpi4_image_notes.txt +++ b/rpi4_image_notes.txt @@ -3,30 +3,65 @@ # Step 1 is very simple, just download the img from the website, once the img is downloaded, you may need to use xz to extract it. +``` xz --decompress my_rpi_image.xz +``` # Once you have the image ready, plug in your sd card and use the command lsblk: +``` lsblk +``` # Usually the device will appear as something like /dev/sda or /dev/sdb, if there are numbers following sda/sdb, those are partitions. # It means there is something already written to the sd card, be sure you're ok with deleting and repartitioning the drive. # To repartition the drive, use the fdisk cli: +``` sudo fdisk /dev/sda +``` # Type o to clear out any partitions on the drive. # Type p to list the partitions, there shouldn't be any left. # Write the partition table and exit by typing w. +# If you're using this guide to partition a standard drive larger than 2TB, fdisk won't be able to, but you can use parted instead: + +``` +parted /dev/sda +``` + +In the prompt you can create a new GPT table: + +``` +(parted) mklabel gpt + +Warning: The existing disk label on /dev/sdb will be destroyed and all data on this disk will be lost. Do you want to continue? +Yes/No? yes + +(parted) unit TB + +(parted mkpart primary) 0.00TB 3.00 TB (replace latter with size of partition) + +(parted) print + +(parted) quit + +Then continue by making the ext4 filesystem (see below) +``` + # Create the ext4 filesystem: +``` mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda +``` # Copy rpi image to sd card using dd: +``` sudo dd if=/path/to/rpi_image.img of=/dev/sda +``` # Depending on the size of the image, this might take a while, there won't be any progress bar or anything , but remain patient, # it will write the img eventually and then you're all set.