Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
If you type the wrong disk you could potentially overwrite your
computer's internal hard drive without any warning. Do triple check!
The restore image method is also used to write the operating system
images available for download at
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
downloads
directly to the SD card without using NOOBS.
Summary
In this chapter, you took a look at the different parts of the Raspberry Pi board and
learned a bit about how it came to be. You also learned about the importance of a
good power supply and how a powered USB hub can help alleviate some of the
power drain caused by hungry USB peripherals.
We then gave the Pi an operating system to run by downloading NOOBS to help
us install Raspbian onto our SD card. Raspbian was booted and configured with the
raspi-config
utility. You also learned a few helpful Linux commands and how to
set up remote connections from SSH clients over the network.
Finally, you learned how to keep Raspbian up to date and how to create a complete
backup image of your precious SD card.
In the upcoming chapter, we'll be connecting sound gadgets to the Pi and getting our
feet wet in the big pond of spy techniques.
