The First and the most important part!
For Windows and Linux
Windows
Well I am using an 8 GB SD Card but even a 4 GB card is sufficient. For windows I shall use Win32 Disk Imager to burn the image to the SD Card. And for Linux a simple $dd command will do the job.
Link to download Win32 Disk Imager:
Now lets get started!
Extract the .zip file that you just downloaded from the previous post Getting Started
Run the Win32 Disk Imager:
Click on the browse icon as shown in the figure above (in RED) to open the window that follow!
Browse to the location of your download image file and click "Open".
Choose your destination SD Card under the "Device" list and select the appropriate alphabet carefully
(NOTE: Be careful whilst following this procedure so that you do not format any of your hard drives)
Click on "Write" button on the Win32 Disk Imager. It will take over 15 minutes (approx.)
Now, you are ready with the bootable SD Card with Raspbian image(or the respective OS you downloaded).
Linux AND Mac
For Linux and Mac we simply use the $dd command OR
For Mac we have Disk Imager that can be downloaded from:
Disk Imager and follow the steps similar to the windows' method of writing the file.
For people with familiarity in using the Terminal, I think the $dd command will be simple to use, ELSE
I recommend you to download and install "Wine" to run the Win32 Disk Imager on any Linux platform.
The $dd command:
We use the options if (Input file) and of (Output file)
Type in $ls /dev/sd*
This will let show you the name of your sdcard. Type in:
$dd if=<raspbian_image_file_location> of=~/dev/<sdcard_name>
That's about it!
Stay tuned for a Video Demo of the same:)
