Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Occidentalis and Hynix
If your CPU says “Hynix” in a handwriting-style font on it, that indicates that you
have Hynix RAM. It will not work with Occidentalis as of version 0.2. The next ver-
sion is expected to be compatible.
Download the most recent version of Occidentalis at
http://learn.adafruit.com/
.
It is
only a 99 MB download, which decompresses to a 2.6 GB image, so you only need a
4 GB card, unless you want extra room for storage. As of v0.2, you should see the
raspi-config
tool at boot. If not, or if you'd like to return to it later, enter:
$ sudo raspi-config
What's with the Crazy Name?
For starters, it's a lot quicker to type “Occidentalis” than “Adafruit Raspberry Pi
Educational Linux Distro.” But if you go to
http://learn.adafruit.com
,
you'll notice
that the Occidentalis logo looks a lot like the Raspberry Pi logo, but a bit darker.
Rubus occidentalis is a particular species in the rose family more commonly known
as “black raspberry,” hence the name and the logo.
Your options in
raspi-config
should look familiar if you've used Raspbian, upon which
Occidentalis is based. Here are the ones you'll most likely want to use or change up
front:
expand_rootfs
Clicking this will give you no further options; it will simply expand the root partition
to fill the available space on the SD card, which will be available after the next
reboot.
change_pass
Since the
pi
user's password is publicly known, it's a good idea to change it at first
boot.
boot_behaviour
Tell it whether you want to boot to the command line or to the GUI desktop.
update
Update to the latest packages.
Of course, for
update
, you're going to need to be online, which is easy if you plugged
into a wired connection. But if you're using a WiFi dongle, you'll have to set up the
