Getting Up to No Good - Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - page 6

To download NOOBS, visit the site http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads ,
where you have the option of downloading the full installer that includes the
Raspbian operating system image at about 740 MB in size, or the lite package that
lets you pick and choose other operating systems to install over a wired Ethernet
connection. Just click on the link for the full ZIP file and wait for your download to
start or use the torrent link if you prefer, but we will not cover that in this topic.

Formatting the SD card
Before we copy NOOBS to the SD card, it should be empty and formatted with
the FAT file system. You can either use the native application of your computer's
operating system to do so, or preferably the SD Formatter utility offered by the SD
Association at http://www.sdcard.org/downloads . Perform the following steps in
order to format the SD card:

1. Download and install the utility for either Windows or Mac.

2. Insert your SD card and start the application.

3. Ensure that SD Formatter has detected the correct volume of your SD card.

4. Click on the Option button and set format size adjustment to ON .

5. Click on Format to erase and format your SD card:

SD Formatter running in Windows

Starting NOOBS
All right, you've been patient long enough; it's time we take your Pi out for a spin!
With your SD card formatted and the NOOBS download completed, extract the
NOOBS ZIP file and copy all the contents to the SD card.