1. Download the Raspberry Pi Imager from the official website:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

  1. Make sure the Memory card/HDD/SSD is connected.
  2. Run the installer and you will be greeted with a screen to choose:

  • Raspberry Pi Device

  • Operating System

  • Storage

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  1. Select the Device Type based on the Raspberry Pi device you are using, example Raspberry Pi 5.

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  1. Choose the OS as per your requirement:

  • Raspberry Pi OS with Desktop (64bit/32bit)

  • Raspberry Pi Lite OS without Desktop (64bit/32bit)

  • Others

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  1. Select the connected storage and click next

(Note: all the data on the storage will be wiped)

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  1. The imager will now ask: Would you like to apply OS customisation settings?

  • EDIT SETTINGS

  • NO, CLEAR SETTINGS

  • YES

  • NO

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  1. Select EDIT SETTINGS and this will open a popup window:

Under General:

  • Set the hostname, Username and Password as per your requirements.

  • If you are doing a Headless Install (without a Display Keyboard and Mouse) then make sure to configure the Wireless LAN by entering your WIFI SSID and Password.

(Note: ensure to select LAN Country as US, selecting a different country may not work)

  • Select your Time zone and Keyboard layout.

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Under Services:

  • Make sure to select Enable SSH (this is important if you are doing a Headless Installation)

  • You can keep the option for use password for authentication in most cases.

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Under Options:

  • Change the settings as per your requirements

  • Hit save and this will start writing the image on to the connected drive/memory card.

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  1. Imager will now ask for the final time if you want to continue with the installation, select yes and this will start the OS installation on the connected storage.

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  1. When the write completes, the Imager will prompt you to continue after which you can remove the connected storage.

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  1. Insert the Storage to your Raspberry Pi and then power on the Raspberry pi to use the newly installed Operating System.
  2. If you have done a headless install then, use Putty or any other SSH client to connect to the device.

Know the IP of your newly connected Raspberry Pi

Method 1:

  1. Login to your Router and go to the connected devices list.

  2. Once you have the list, power on the raspberry pi and after a minute look for any new device connected on the router.

Method 2:

  1. Install and run Advanced IP Scanner

  2. Usually the ip address for home environments is between 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254), however we can try to check the range by checking the ip of another device connected on the same network. In Command line/Terminal search for:

Window: ipconfig

Linux/mac: ifconfig

example:

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  1. Enter the ip range and hit scan

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  1. Once you have the list of devices, then power on the raspberry pi and after a minute, perform a new scan to find the Raspberry pi’s IP Address.

Pro tip: you can right click an ip and select SSH under Tools in case you don’t want to use Putty for SSH.

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