NOOBS - create a new SD card

[last updated: 2019-11-15]
go to: rPi home page
go to: SD card home page
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• Briefly, the process is:
• Get the software:
• Prepare the SD card:
• Load software onto SD card (instructions below):
• Install your chosen OS onto SD card
• Do whatever additional setup to suit your personal preferences

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• Load NOOBS onto your card:
• Mount the SD card:
  First close the file manager window that was opened when you inserted it,
  and close the terminal window (or cd out of the SD file system)
  then eject the SD card, then re-insert it
  On my system the SD was automatically mounted, as shown by:
  $ mount | grep sdd
  which reported: /dev/sdd1 on /media/jay/3238-6132 type ...
If your SD is not automatically mounted, go here for instructions to mount manually.
• cd to your SD card with:
  $ cd /media/jay/3238-6132
  Extract the zip file with:
  $ unzip [full path/filename to zip file]
  (ie. path to wherever you saved the zip file when you downloaded it in step above)
  This places the extracted files onto your SD card
• Alternatively:
  copy (drag and drop) already extracted files from PC to SD card.
• Remove your card:
• Close any File manager windows opened to read your card.
  Close Terminal window
• Open Removable drives icon in tray. Click eject button on your card.
• Remove card from reader (light should be out).
• Your SD card should be ready to boot up in an rPi and select the OS desired.

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• My personal protocol:
  Once you have inserted your new card into a rPi and selected your desired OS,
• Tag the card with its inventory ID:
• Decide what ID this card will have
• Open a file manager and navigate to /root/home/pi
• Create a directory there with the name: "This_is_SD[cardID]"
• You may also create a text file in that directory with the version number of the NOOBS software used.
• Set wifi password for connection to internet
• Set up menu panel parameters:
  position cursor over menu bar, right-click, select Panel Settings
  geometry: bottom, height 75px, icons 50px, margin 10px
  appearance: solid
• Download Firefox browser, delete Chrome.

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