Background / Purpose / Getting Started / Cluster Guide
We will use Raspbian for this quick-guide on how to install an operating system and then clone that image so that you avoid repeating steps.
- Install Raspbian
- Update Raspbian
- Upgrade Raspbian
Refer to the Installing Raspbian page to install Raspbian into one of your micro SD cards.
After you have successfully installed, updated and upgraded a clean Raspbian OS image, we need to do the following:
- Turn off your Raspberry Pi
sudo shutdown now
- Insert the micro SD card into your laptop or computer (not the raspberry pi)
- Read the Raspbian pre-installed image (How-to Read Images)
- Save the image as
raspbian-preinstalled-cluster.img
Now for each micro SD card you have (excluding the one with Raspbian on it), we do the following:
- Insert micro SD card into your laptop or computer (not the Raspberry Pi)
- Format the micro SD card (How-to Format SD Cards)
- Write the
raspbian-preinstalled.img
to the micro SD card (How-to Write Images)
That's it, you are done!