Create a bootable SDHC from a Mac: Difference between revisions

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Prepare Partition

Newer versions of MacOS does not allow you to set scheme. Creating MBR using fdisk will result in a disk that MacOS cannot mount. This instructions are out of date for newer versions of MacOS.

Open disk utility
Select your SD Card
Click Erase in the menu
Set Format to MS-DOS (FAT)
Set Scheme to Master Boot Record
Click the Erase button

Unpack files

Open Terminal
Check your SD Card is mounted (in this case named "ALPINE")
Unpack files with sudo tar xf ~/Downloads/alpine-rpi-[...]-armhf.rpi.tar.gz -C /Volumes/ALPINE
Eject disk, it should now be ready to be used in the Raspberry Pi

After initial setup

After this preparation you should boot the Raspberry Pi with a keyboard and a HDMI screen connected, login as root and run setup-alpine and lbu-commit.

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-Download alpine rpi file
+== Prepare Partition ==
-'''Prepare SDHC'''
+Newer versions of MacOS does not allow you to set scheme. Creating MBR using fdisk will result in a disk that MacOS cannot mount. This instructions are out of date for newer versions of MacOS.
-Insert SDHC card in Mac (if new, it's likely to be formated FAT32)
-Open Terminal (Accessories > Terminal)
+[[File:OSXRpiSetupDiskUtility.png]]
-Run the following:
-df -h
+* Open disk utility
-(look for the name of your sdhc device, something like /dev/disk2s1 it's critical you find the correct name, you can loose your hard drive data if you get it wrong)
+* Select your SD Card
-sudo diskutil umount /dev/disk2s1
+* Click Erase in the menu
-sudo fdisk -e /dev/disk2s1
+* Set Format to MS-DOS (FAT)
-(ignore fdisk error: could not open MBR file /usr/standalone/i386/boot0: No such file or directory)
+* Set Scheme to Master Boot Record
-p
+* Click the Erase button
-f 1
-write
+== Unpack files ==
-exit
-sudo diskutil mount /dev/disk2s1
+[[File:OSXRpiSetupTerminal.png]]
-open alpine rpi tar.gz file and expand into a new folder
-copy contents of that new folder to card
+* Open Terminal
-click eject card in Finder
+* Check your SD Card is mounted (in this case named "ALPINE")
+* Unpack files with <code>sudo tar xf ~/Downloads/alpine-rpi-[...]-armhf.rpi.tar.gz -C /Volumes/ALPINE</code>
+* Eject disk, it should now be ready to be used in the Raspberry Pi
+== After initial setup ==
+After this preparation you should boot the Raspberry Pi with a keyboard and a HDMI screen connected, login as root and run <code>setup-alpine</code> and <code>lbu-commit</code>.
+[[Category:Installation]]