Create a bootable SDHC from a Mac: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:09, 7 August 2015

Prepare Partition

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 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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+== Prepare Partition ==
-[[File:OSXRpiSetupTerminal.png]]
+[[File:OSXRpiSetupDiskUtility.jpg]]
+* 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 ==
+[[File:OSXRpiSetupTerminal.jpg]]
+* Open Terminal
+* Check your SD Card is mounted (in this case named "ALPINE")
+* Unpack files with <code>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>.