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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The two most important things to take into consideration before starting are
- Choosing a "route" through this documentation (see just below).
- Reading the [Prerequisites] section very closely and trying to
understand, **before** you dive in, how things will work with your Raspberry
understand, **before you dive in**, how things will work with your Raspberry
Pi and how it is setup and connected to the internet.
There are 3 routes you can take through this documentation:
@ -74,14 +74,23 @@ the command-line.
Here is an example of what we did.
*Below: Here we plug the grey ethernet cable into our Router.*
*Below: Here we plug the gray ethernet cable into the router.*
![Router](img/router.png)
*Below: And here we plug that cable into the Raspberry pi.*
*Below: And then we plug that same gray ethernet cable into the Raspberry Pi.*
![Pi](img/pi.png)
!!! note
The ethernet cable is not required after you finish the installation
of Bibliotecha! Your Bibliotecha can now operate independent of an internet
connection and offers its own Wifi access point. So, the ethernet cable is only
required for the installation process. Later, if you need to do an update or
some maintenance which requires an internet connection, you can plug it back in
and [make sure to check this tip].
The current latest [Raspberry Pi 3 B+] model is recommended. This model is
chosen because it offers a built-in wireless card for convenient networking and
a sufficient memory allowance of 1GB. It is possible to use other models of
@ -99,12 +108,13 @@ $ sudo lsblk # to see the value for the `of` argument (e.g. /dev/mmcblk0)
$ sudo dd bs=4M if=2020-08-20-raspios-buster-armhf-lite.img of=<YOUR-DEVICE-HERE> status=progress conv=fsync
```
[raspberry pi]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
[dd command]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/linux.md
[etcher]: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
[make sure to check this tip]: #i-cannot-connect-to-the-internet-from-the-raspberry-pi
[official setup documentation]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/setup/
[raspberry pi 3 b+]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/
[raspberry pi os]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/raspbian/
[etcher]: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
[dd command]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/linux.md
[raspberry pi]: https://www.raspberrypi.org/
## Pre-installation

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