Booting and Updating

Estimated time: 15 minutes

Overview

Questions

• Why and how should the operating system be updated?
• Why and how should the operating system be upgraded?
• What software is required to turn the networked computers into a cluster?
• How does one go about installing the software?

Objectives

• Update all software on the installation
• Upgrade all software on the installation
• Identify what other software needs to be installed

Running the OS for the first time

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Once you have written the operating system to the microSD card you can insert the card into the RPi and switch it on. If you configured the OS with a Wifi SSID and enabled ssh you should be able to access the RPi via the wireless network using your desktop or laptop computer.

Key Points

• What have we learnt?