====== piCore Prepare SD-Card ======

There are two ways to get the image on the sd-card.\\
If you start from a Windows pc you can use the 'Raspberry Pi Imager' to get the image on the sd-card.
For Linux and a Mac you can use the dd command.

On [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#Simplified_Model_B_changelog| Wikipedia you can find a table of all 'B' models with 64-bit processor indication field]].\\
For the RPi Pico, RPi Zero and others you have to read the applicable text for more details.


On the [[https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/board,72.0.html|forum there is a section]] where you can find the piCore release information.\\
Here you can find for example that support of RPi5 was introduced in [[https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,26644.0.html|piCore 14.1]] for 64-bit only.
The current latest [[https://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,27338.0.html|piCore 15.0]] has better support of the RPi5.
The next release is not far from now, so watch the forum.



=== Raspberry Pi Imager ===

  * Obtain the image you want to use from the download page.\\ First verify the latest stable version available (best is not to use a test version).\\ Next look if you go for a 32-bit (RPi1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) or 64-bit (RPi3, 4, 5).
    * For the 32-bit version the (current latest) link is: http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/armhf/releases/RPi/
    * For the 64-bit version the (current latest) link is: http://tinycorelinux.net/15.x/aarch64/releases/RPi/

  * Use an sd-formatter to clear the sd-card if needed.

  * Use the official 'Raspberry Pi Imager' to write the .img file to sd-card.
    * obtain the latest 'Raspberry Pi Imager' [[https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/imager/imager_latest.exe| from here.]]

  * Bootup the RPi with HDMI and keyboard attached

  * After key generation: backup
    * ('backup' is a script file that is executing 'filetool.sh -b')

=== DD command ===

The [[https://medium.com/@crichiec/pi-zero-w-tinycore-linux-03966f17d2ec|following link]] details the steps using the dd command.