[LCA2019 Chat] Headless RPi setup

[Owen]

I do this with all my RPi-0s; 
http://members.iinet.net.au/~owen.cook/RPi/RPi-0.html



YMMV but it works for me.


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Owen


On 2019-01-21 10:47, Matt Cengia wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Has anybody found an effective way to set up their RPi Zero yet, in
> the absence of a male micro-USB to female USB A connector, and a
> mini-HDMI adaptor (or HDMI-capable screen)?
> 
> I've dropped Raspbian full [1] onto my microSD card, followed this
> guide [2] to set up networking, enable SSH, and have set a unique
> hostname in /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname, and then booted the device.
> 
> SSHing to <hostname> or <hostname.local> is unsuccessful. It's
> possible that inter-device connection is blocked on the LCA wifi, or
> that I've done something wrong.
> 
> Interested in others' experiences. No big deal, though.
> 
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> 
> Regards,
> 
> Matt Cengia
> 
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> http://ucmirror.canterbury.ac.nz/linux/raspbian/2018-11-13-raspbian-stretch-full.zip
> [2]
> https://medium.com/@DavidMaitland/raspberry-pi-zero-headless-setup-92fb72daf88d

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Owen