How to set up a headless Raspberry Pi with Raspbian under Linux.

Headless_R-Pi_setup.md

How to set up a headless Raspberry Pi with Raspbian under Linux.

This is a short descrieption for setup a headless (without Monitor/Display) Raspberry Pi with Raspbian under Linux using the shell.

• First download a raspbian image from here and verify the sha256sum.
• Secondly write the image to an microSD-Card. unzip RASPBIAN_IMAGE | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M conf=fsync status=progress.
  • Replace RASPBIAN_IMAGE with the image that you downloaded before.
  • Replace /dev/mmcblk0 with your device name.
  • bs=4M make it faster, but maybe it causes problems, if it does, skip it.
  • conf=fsync can also causes problems, if you skip it, don't forget to run sudo sync after the command has finished.
• Now we need to enable the ssh-server: sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt && sudo touch /mnt/ssh && sudo umount /mnt.
  • Replace /dev/mmcblk0p1 with the first partition on your SD-Card.
• Now we give the Raspberry Pi a static IP-Address: sudo mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /mnt && sudo vim /mnt/etc/dhcpcd.conf
  • Replace /dev/mmcblk0p2 with the second partition on your SD-Card.
  • If you don't want to use vim you can also use nano or any other texteditor.
  • Than add the following lines to /mnt/etc/dhcpcd.conf:

   interface eth0
   static ip_address=192.168.20.1/24
  

  • IP: 192.168.20.1
  • On Interface eth0
  • Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
• sudo umount /mnt
• Now put the microSD-Card into your raspi and start it.
• You need a Computer with a network card that can speek Gigabit.
• Now all you have to do is add a new connection to the NetworkManager and set it manually.
  • IP (for you Computer): 192.168.20.2
  • Subnetmask: 255.255.255.0
• Finish!!
• To open a shell on your raspi: ssh pi@129.168.20.1
  • Password: paspberry