4.3.2 Utility and Formatting SD Card
When installing the operating system on the SD card, installing the operation system by image copying is possible regardless the format of the SD card is the FAT or exFAT format. However, to install the operating system using the utility on the SD card, since the utility bootloader requires the FAT format, the SD card must be formatted as FAT, and the exFAT format is not supported by the utility.
4.3 Preparing an SD Card
4.3.1 Formatting the SD Card
It is recommended to format the SD card for operating system installation in advance. If there is any unnecessay files on it, you should erase all the contents and adjust the SD card format to fit operating system installation.
4.2.2 About Installing Multiple Operating Systems
In the Raspberry Pi, the operating system is installed on the SD card, which allows multiple operating systems to be installed simultaneously on one SD card. The user has the advantage of selecting and working the required operating system from among the installed operating systems on the computer.
If you have multiple operating systems installed, you will be presented with a screen to select the operating system you want to use when booting your system. At this time, you will select a specific operating system and boot the selected operating system. If you do not select a particular operating system, the operating system that was selected immediately before this booting is designated as the default, and the booting operation is performed.
4.2 Overview of Installing Operating System
4.2.1 Installation Method of Operating System
You can use the following methods to install the operating system on Raspberry Pi:
● How to buy an SD card with an operating system installed in advance
You can purchase an SD card that already has an operating system already installed on the market. This method can be used for novice users or user to want a simple installation and it is advantageous to use the Raspberry Pi system immediately upon purchase.
4.1.2 Reviewing Major Operating Systems
4.1.2.1 Linux Related Operation Systems
● Raspbian
Raspbian is a free operating system optimized for Raspberry Pi hardware based on the Debian distribution. More than 35,000 pre-compiled programs within packages as well as a pure operating system are provided with bundle in a form that can be easily installed on Raspberry Pi.
4.1 Types of Operating System
4.1.1 List for Installable Operating Systems
● General purpose operation systems
■ Raspbian
■ Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
■ Pidora (Fedora Remix)
■ Ubuntu
■ Occidentalis
Chapter 4 Installing Operating System
Chapter’s Main Topics
This chapter describes how to install and configure the operating system on your Raspberry Pi system. It introduces the types of operating systems that can be installed in Raspberry Pi, and it explains in detail the various ways to install the operating system actually.
It includes descriptions on the following topics:
■ Type of Operating system
■ Overview of installing operating system
■ Preparing an SD card
■ Installation using utility
■ Installation using operating system image
3.9 Camera
With Raspberry Pi, you can also use the camera to record various types of pictures or record movies. There are many kinds of cameras that can be connected to Raspberry Pi, and there are two types of camera that supports USB camera and supports CSI port of Raspberry Pi on a large scale.
3.9.1 USB Camera
The USB camera is easily available on the market. It is connected to the USB port and does not need any special installation work.
3.8.2 TFT-LCD
Raspberry Pi supports DSI (Digital Serial Interface) connection to support TFT-LCD display. You may purchase and use parts that support DSI port among the items sold on the market, and then it is not easy to obtain such a TFT-LCD in reality.
Below is the 7 “Touchscreen Monitor LCD with 800 x 480 display, officially sold by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This allows you to display all information on the LCD like a tablet. This LCD connects to its own adapter board, and the adapter board is connected to the DSI port on the main board of Raspberry Pi by a ribbon cable, and is supplied with power through the GPIO port. The latest Raspbian operating system already integrates touchscreen driver that supports a 10-finger touch and on-screen keyboard, so you can operate the system without using a mouse or keyboard.
3.8 Video Output
3.8.1 HDMI Cable and HDMI Supporting Monitor
Raspberry Pi supports HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) output as basic video output, and supports HDMI video port on board.
If you want to connect Raspberry Pi to an external display device using HDMI video port, you need HDMI Type-A cable. A video image of Raspberry Pi will be output through this cable.