OS Setup

Once you have an SD Card with the Raspberry Pi OS, you can setup the operating system as follows:

  1. Insert the card into your Raspberry Pi. Connect the USB Power cable.
  2. Enable ssh when the OS boots. You'll likely see the Pi reboot itself after the first startup.
  3. Ensure you are connected to ethernet or configure your Pi to connect to your WiFi network.
  4. ssh to your Pi, and update to the latest packages:
    pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
    
  5. Change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi. I'm using raspberrypi-time. You can do this using raspi-config from your ssh console.
    $ sudo raspi-config
    

    See: Change Hostname for more details.

  6. Reboot your Raspberry Pi and reconnect to it via ssh.

Next step: Time Capsule Setup