1. 報告者 : 陳衍名 報告日期 :102/6/18 CHAPTER 2 Install an Operating System 1

2. Like every computer, the Raspberry Pi needs an operating system, and the preferred one for the Pi is Linux. The installation procedure on the Pi is quite different from what you’re probably used to, but it’s not difficult: you need to install the operating system on an SD card. You can actually create several SD cards, each with a different operating system,so at the end you’ll have a pretty versatile system that you can turn into completely different machines by simply replacing the card. 2

3. The best choice for your first steps with the Pi is Raspbian(Debian wheezy). It fully supports the Pi’s hardware, it comes with a full-blown desktop (see the image below), and it contains some useful applications such as a web browser. 3

4. Prepare a Bootable SD Card You use a separate computer to install the Pi’s operating system on an SD card that you use to boot the Pi. No matter what operating system you’re going to use for the installation process,you have to download the Debian image from the official download site. After the download has finished,you should have a file named 2012-07-15-wheezy-raspbian.zip on your local hard drive. 4

5. Prepare an SD Card on Windows Preparing the SD card on a Windows box is the most convenient alternative,because of Win32DiskImager. 5