Configure startup GUI : raspi-config

Disk Free Space : df

lsblk : check mounts

umount <dir> : unmount file system

fsck /dev/sda1 : check file system

Set timezone

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Set date and time

date +%Y%m%d -s"20190801"

date +%T -s"00:50:00"

Preparing a new disk:

• Identify disks

  mount -l | grep dev | grep sd - identify disks

• Partition drive

  fdisk

  fdisk /dev/sd?
      list partitions using "p"
      delete partitions using "d"
      Create new empty DOS partition table using "o" with all defaults

• Format partition

  mkfs.ext4 /dev/sd?1 -L label

• Get drive UUID

  blkid

• Mount drive

  mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/…

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Assign static IP using /etc/dhcpcd.conf

# Example static IP configuration:
#interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.1.240/24
#static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64
static routers=192.168.1.1
static domain_name_servers=192.168.1.1 8.8.8.8 fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::1<