
Make sure that both files are in the root directory of the small FAT32 partition, not in any folder.
}Edit country=, ssid= and psk= with your information and save the file.
To connect to a wireless network, create another file on the card called wpa_nf, which has the following inside:Ĭode: Select all ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev. If you are connecting the Pi to your router with an Ethernet cable, you can eject the card and use it to boot your Pi now. It can be empty, the contents don't matter. On the small FAT32 "boot" partition, create a file with the name ssh (or ssh.txt). If you get a message telling you the card must be formatted, cancel it. Remove and reinsert the SD card so that your Windows or Mac PC can see the small FAT32 partition on the SD card (labelled "boot"). zip, pick your SD card and write (if you have trouble, verify the SHA256 checksum of the download). You don't need to extract the image or format the card prior to writing. Install Etcher and use it to write the Raspbian image to your SD card. Everything is done before you boot the SD card, and can be done on a Windows or Mac computer which only has access to the small FAT32 "boot" partition of a Raspbian imaged SD card. It works with Raspbian Jessie or Stretch, Desktop or Lite, and with the built-in WiFi on the Pi3B & Zero W, or a Raspbian compatible USB WiFi dongle on other models (tested on an old model B, Pi2 and Pi Zero).
This is the procedure I use for setting up headless boot with SSH and wireless network. The most common way is to use SSH, and to do that you must first enable SSH, since it is now disable by default (for security). You must connect to the Pi first before running that command. You don't access the Pi with sudo raspi-config. I have trying to access the RPi 3 using 'sudo raspi-config' but the password is apparently NOT 'raspberry'.įirst of all, why are you using Jessie? That's the old version. I just installed Raspbian Jessie on the microSD using Etcher (Macbook Pro). Sorry, there is probably an easy fix for this.