LXer: Raspberry Pi bootloader enables OS installs with no separate PC required

LXer · 02-08-2022, 01:13 PM

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Setting up a Raspberry Pi board has always required a second computer, which is used to flash your operating system of choice to an SD card so your Pi can boot. But the Pi Foundation is working on a new version of its bootloader that could connect an OS-less Pi board directly to the Internet, allowing it to download and install the official Raspberry Pi OS to a blank SD card without requiring another computer.

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fatmac · 02-09-2022, 04:18 AM

Still won't be of any use if you don't have an internet connection!

They'd be better off selling with a mSD card installed as standard.

craigevil · 02-09-2022, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by fatmac

Still won't be of any use if you don't have an internet connection!

They'd be better off selling with a mSD card installed as standard.

A lot of the approved vendors do just that. My pi400 from canakit came with a 16GB with rpios preinstalled.