Raspberry Pi

Installing Raspbian

1. Download Raspbian image from here.
2. Format SD card using FAT32.

sudo mkdosfs -F 32 -v /dev/mmcblk0

3. Install squashed file sistem on SD card.

sudo dd bs=4M if="/home/linux/2013-02-09-wheezy-raspbian.img" of=/dev/mmcblk0

Linux

Raspbian default username & password

By default the username and password are:
Username: pi
Passowrd:raspberry

WiFi setup

1. Scan wifi networks available:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

2. Write down the ESSID (wifi network name) and IE (authentication used) 3. Edit /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf, add the following at the bottom of the file.

network={
    ssid="The_ESSID_from_earlier"
    psk="Your_wifi_password"
}
 

4. If after a few seconds the Raspberry WiFi isn't connected:

sudo ifdown wlan0
sudo ifup wlan0
 

Domain name setup

To change the domain server:
Edit /etc/hosts
Edit /etc/hostname
Commit changes by runing:
sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh

ssh rsa key setup

1. If you don't have an rsa key generate one by runing:

ssh-keygen -t rsa -C user@domain

2. Upload the .pub rsa key to the raspberry
3. Add the .pub key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

cat rsa_key.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Git server

1. Install Git:

sudo apt-get install wget git-core

2. Format an USB with FAT32, and connect it to the Raspberry (First turn off the raspberry)
3. Set up a mount point for the USB drive.
3.1 Create directory
3.2 Edit /etc/fstab, add line:

/dev/sda1 /home/pi/usbdrv vfat uid=pi,gid=pi,umask=0022,sync,auto,nosuid,rw,nouser 0 0

note: /dev/sda1 should correspond to usb drive you want to map, pi = user that will own the drieve