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Former Member over 13 years ago

Please help, I have received my pi and really excited about getting going but having problems with debian, I have tried down from RS site but this was very confusing, then tryed downloading from element 14, this seemed a lot easier (maybe to easy) would I need to remove everything off the sd card first so nothing appears on it, i have downloaded it which taken maybe half hour then put the two files onto the card, nothing happens at all when I plugged it in though, just red light, I connected with HDMI into tv. I am a complete beginner, please help

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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 12 years ago +1
    Despite it's "version" number, I've been having a good time with LadyADA's Occidentalis v0.2 distribution: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/occidentalis-v0-dot-2…
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    0 patkelly over 13 years ago

    Hi Ian

     

    It is best if you remove all the old OS files from the SD Card first before installing debian which you downloaded from element14, this way they will not be any installation errors.

     

    There is a nice guide to setting up you Raspberry Pi Here: http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-43088/l/raspberry-pi-quick-user-guide-for-raspberry-pi-single-board-computer?ICID=rasp_group

     

    As for the debian install try following the instructions here: http://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-44935/l/getting-started-with-your-raspberry-pi?ICID=rasp_group

     

    I hope this helps, if you have any other questions feel free to ask them here or in the dedicated Raspberry Pi group here: http://www.element14.com/community/groups/raspberry-pi

     

    Regards

     

    Pat

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    0 Former Member over 12 years ago

    try www.raspberrypi.org might be better.

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    0 Former Member over 12 years ago

    Despite it's "version" number, I've been having a good time with LadyADA's Occidentalis v0.2 distribution: http://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-educational-linux-distro/occidentalis-v0-dot-2 - she's put kernel modules in for DS1307, AD626 I2C digipots, HMC6352.HMC6352., BMP085-0330SBO008BMP085-0330SBO008, ADS1015. I2C, SPI, mDNS, and ssh all come up at startup. I've been able boot, ssh into, and do all my post-install things (locale, timezone, passwords, personal account, etc.) headless - I plugged into HDMI only to confirm that disable-overscan=1 worked (it does).

     

    It's a pretty tight little distro, and I got one of my Pi's doing RTC over I2C, and displaying the time on a typical hd44780 4-bit-mode in about 10 minutes after burning/booting the SD card. It's fast becoming my favourite distro for the Raspberry Pi.

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