Raspberry PI

Raspbian

Raspbian Buster with desktop and recommended software

1. Download Zip File from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
2. Create SD Card as described in https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/
3. Insert SD Card into Raspberry PI
4. Connect Keyboard, Mouse, HDMI-Monitor and 5 Volt Mini USB (2.5 Amps recommended)
5. Setup Country, pi user password etc. and connect to your WIFI network - after the setup you'll be asked to restart your pi

Enable ssh and vnc

sudo raspi-config

In Interfacing Options enable VNC/SSH

Useful Utilities

• VNC Viewer

Useful commands

remote access

ssh pi@ip

on raspberry itself

cd # change directory
ls # list directory content
ifconfig # show network configuration e.g. ip
lsusb # list usb devices
sudo apt-get update # update software list
sudo apt-get upgrade # upgrade software to latest version
sudo apt-get install minicom # install software e.g. here minicom
sudo fdisk -l # list disks
sudo mount -l # see which partitions are mounted
sudo umount /dev/sda2 # unmount file system
sudo fsck -fy /dev/sda2 # filesystem check with automatic forced fix
sudo halt # halt
sudo df # show free disk space

Safemode start

• https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/61638/how-do-i-start-up-in-safemode

Corrupt SD Card

• https://raymii.org/s/blog/Broken_Corrupted_Raspberry_Pi_SD_Card.html