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Published inNov 2013
Reading LevelBeginner
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781783286195
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Andrew K. Dennis
Andrew K. Dennis
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Andrew K. Dennis

Andrew K. Dennis is a full stack and cybersecurity architect with over 17 years' experience who currently works for Modus Create in Reston, VA. He holds two undergraduate degrees in software engineering and creative computing and a master's degree in information security. Andy has worked in the US, Canada, and the UK in software engineering, e-learning, data science, and cybersecurity across his career, and has written four books on IoT, the Raspberry Pi, and supercomputing. His interests range from the application of pataphysics in computing to security threat modeling. Andy lives in New England and is an organizer of Security BSides CT.
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Starting up the Raspberry Pi


You are now ready to start up the Raspberry Pi and start using BerryBoot version 2.

The following steps will guide you through powering up your Raspberry Pi safely:

  1. Start by ejecting your SD card from your computer and place it into the SD card port of the Raspberry Pi you prepared for use earlier in this chapter.

  2. Plug in the mouse and keyboard to the USB ports. You will need these in order to complete the operating installation process.

  3. Hook up the monitor to the HDMI port.

  4. Connect the Raspberry Pi to the switch you set up earlier in this chapter.

  5. Now power up your Raspberry Pi by connecting the micro-USB power unit to it.

If you are using BerryBoot, displayed on your monitor will be the Welcome screen. This is the first step in setting up our operating system and is also a confirmation that we copied the boot loader onto the SD card successfully.

BerryBoot version 2 and NOOBS provide us with a number of Linux versions to choose from. For setting up our parallel-based...

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Andrew K. Dennis

Andrew K. Dennis is a full stack and cybersecurity architect with over 17 years' experience who currently works for Modus Create in Reston, VA. He holds two undergraduate degrees in software engineering and creative computing and a master's degree in information security. Andy has worked in the US, Canada, and the UK in software engineering, e-learning, data science, and cybersecurity across his career, and has written four books on IoT, the Raspberry Pi, and supercomputing. His interests range from the application of pataphysics in computing to security threat modeling. Andy lives in New England and is an organizer of Security BSides CT.
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