Difference between revisions of "Software: Install Hivetool Pi image"

Revision as of 08:21, 3 March 2016

f1618e26ff1b03dfc2fae722e537b6d2 hivetool073.zip

md5sum hivetool073.zip

FCIV -md5 hivetool073.zip

Determine the device for the card reader (/dev/mmcblk0 on my laptop).
Copy the image to the SD card:
dd bs=4M if=2014-09-09-wheezy-raspbian.img of=/dev/mmcblk0

raspberrypi.org recommends using: http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
Proceed with caution, an incorrect setting could corrupt your PC or attached storage.
Detailed instructions: http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup#Flashing_the_SD_Card_using_Windows

REMOVE any other USB memory devices from your computer.
Plug micro SD Card in adapter, confirm device letter using Windows Explorer.
Start Win32DiskImager
Browse to source file (image in downloads directory)
Make absolutely sure the drive letter (destination) to right of source file is the SD card
Check MD5 hash (0c1f26195db2f1a158bd88e95448fedb) this takes a few minutes
Click on Write, this takes a few more minutes
Confirm successful write then exit
The SD card image is called "boot" 25 files now visible in Windows explorer
Windows will report 40 megabytes free space on the SD card

You are now ready to eject micro SD card and place into the Pi

Install micro SD card into bare Pi, power up with Ethernet or for (non windows use local terminal)
If using Ethernet determine IP address by viewing latest entry in access point
Identify IP in the DHCP table named "raspberrypi"
On a Windows PC setup a new remote desktop connection (RDP), enter target IP address of Pi
If the Pi is found you will be prompted to enter the default user "pi" and password "raspberry"
Leave the default module as "sesmon-Xvnc"
Once connected you will see the Pi desktop, menu to "preferences"sub "raspberry pi configuration"
Under "localisation" tab set your timezone
Under system tab "expand file system", then OK then reboot from main menu last item
Reestablish remote desktop connection using saved Windows settings
Plug in WiFi dongle, configure WiFi authentication on desktop, top RH corner, dual monitors icon
If WiFi connects, a signal strength indicator will replace the monitors icon

You are now ready to configure Hivetool.

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 ==Download Image==
-Download latest image:
+Download latest image, hivetool073.zip (1.8 Gig): '''https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_3xqxGS2psWN1hTSmk5SldJSms'''
- '''https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_3xqxGS2psWN1hTSmk5SldJSms'''
- hivetool073.zip rev. 0.7.3 as of 2-3-2016
-Caution this zipped image file is large at 1,894,183 megabytes (1.89 gig).<br>
 ==Calculate MD5 sum of zipped image==