In that tutorial we used the dd command for writing the operating system to the SD card.

In the past I already explained how to perform such a headless setup of your Raspberry PI. Usually, you would still need to attach at least a monitor and a keyboard to perform the initial installation, but in this article I’ll show you how you can perform such a headless setup of your Raspberry PI, without needing a monitor and keyboard. Perfect in case you want to run your Raspberry PI system as a server. BackgroundĪ headless system is one without a monitor, keyboard and mouse attached. Especially if you know how to access the hidden advanced options screen of the Raspberry PI Imager software. Thanks to the relatively new Raspberry PI Imager software it is quick and easy to perform such a Raspberry PI headless setup.

So one without a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Planning on running your Raspberry PI system as a server? In this article I’ll show you how you can setup your Raspberry PI as a headless system.

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