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This article aims to walk through the installation process as defined for NOOBS version 1.3.2 (Nov 2013). The official documentation can be found here. [http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/quick-start-guide-v2_1.pdf]

== What is NOOBS ==
NOOBS is the Raspberry Pi Foundations own simple Operating System installation software for the Raspberry Pi. It's called 'New Out Of Box Software' (NOOBS) [http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4100]

The NOOBS system aims to reduce the complexity of installation by providing the user a simpler method of copying the operating system the RPi SD card and to allow multiple operating systems to be installed on the same SD card (subject to capacity).

== Download the NOOBS ZIP File ==
The RPi Foundation maintains numerous ways of obtaining the NOOBS installation package. [http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads].
Whichever way you download NOOBS you end up with a single zip file like 'NOOBS_v1_3_2.zip'.

== Format your SD card ==
There areseveral ways of doing this depending on the operating system of the computer you have available.
=== Windows ===
Download and install the SD Association's Formatting tool from [https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/]. 
Install the tools and Open the Application. Simple follow the oline instructions.

=== Linux GUI ===
If you're using a flavour of Linux with a user interface it is recommended to use 'gparted'.

=== Raspberry Pi or Linux Command Line ===
The following describes each step.

<pre>sudo fdisk -cu /dev/sdc</pre>
<pre> Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 7822 MB, 7822376960 bytes
241 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders, total 15278080 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e7b31
   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1            8192      122879       57344    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdc2          122880    15278079     7577600   83  Linux</pre>

The example SD card has an existing installation, delete the partitions using:
<pre>
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 1

Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 2

Command (m for help):
</pre>

Add a new partion and set the type to FAT32

<pre>
Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First sector (2048-15278079, default 2048): 
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-15278079, default 15278079): 
Using default value 15278079
</pre>
Change the partion type
<pre>
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 7822 MB, 7822376960 bytes
241 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders, total 15278080 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c7b31

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1            2048    15278079     7638016   83  Linux

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): L

 0  Empty           24  NEC DOS         81  Minix / old Lin bf  Solaris        
 1  FAT12           39  Plan 9          82  Linux swap / So c1  DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 2  XENIX root      3c  PartitionMagic  83  Linux           c4  DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 3  XENIX usr       40  Venix 80286     84  OS/2 hidden C:  c6  DRDOS/sec (FAT-
 4  FAT16 <32M      41  PPC PReP Boot   85  Linux extended  c7  Syrinx         
 5  Extended        42  SFS             86  NTFS volume set da  Non-FS data    
 6  FAT16           4d  QNX4.x          87  NTFS volume set db  CP/M / CTOS / .
 7  HPFS/NTFS       4e  QNX4.x 2nd part 88  Linux plaintext de  Dell Utility   
 8  AIX             4f  QNX4.x 3rd part 8e  Linux LVM       df  BootIt         
 9  AIX bootable    50  OnTrack DM      93  Amoeba          e1  DOS access     
 a  OS/2 Boot Manag 51  OnTrack DM6 Aux 94  Amoeba BBT      e3  DOS R/O        
 b  W95 FAT32       52  CP/M            9f  BSD/OS          e4  SpeedStor      
 c  W95 FAT32 (LBA) 53  OnTrack DM6 Aux a0  IBM Thinkpad hi eb  BeOS fs        
 e  W95 FAT16 (LBA) 54  OnTrackDM6      a5  FreeBSD         ee  GPT            
 f  W95 Ext'd (LBA) 55  EZ-Drive        a6  OpenBSD         ef  EFI (FAT-12/16/
10  OPUS            56  Golden Bow      a7  NeXTSTEP        f0  Linux/PA-RISC b
11  Hidden FAT12    5c  Priam Edisk     a8  Darwin UFS      f1  SpeedStor      
12  Compaq diagnost 61  SpeedStor       a9  NetBSD          f4  SpeedStor      
14  Hidden FAT16 <3 63  GNU HURD or Sys ab  Darwin boot     f2  DOS secondary  
16  Hidden FAT16    64  Novell Netware  af  HFS / HFS+      fb  VMware VMFS    
17  Hidden HPFS/NTF 65  Novell Netware  b7  BSDI fs         fc  VMware VMKCORE 
18  AST SmartSleep  70  DiskSecure Mult b8  BSDI swap       fd  Linux raid auto
1b  Hidden W95 FAT3 75  PC/IX           bb  Boot Wizard hid fe  LANstep        
1c  Hidden W95 FAT3 80  Old Minix       be  Solaris boot    ff  BBT            
1e  Hidden W95 FAT1
Hex code (type L to list codes): c
Changed system type of partition 1 to c (W95 FAT32 (LBA))

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 7822 MB, 7822376960 bytes
241 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders, total 15278080 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000c7b31

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1            2048    15278079     7638016    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
</pre>

Write the changes and exist
<pre>
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x
partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional
information.
Syncing disks.
</pre>

Format the partition
<pre>
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1
</pre>

== Copy contents of the NOOBS zip ==

=== Linux ===
Copy and extract the files to your SD Card, note the device can be found using the <code> df -h </code> command one the SD card is re-inserted to the host machine and auto mounted.
<pre>
unzip NOOBS_v1_3_2.zip -d /media/3D4D-A03B/
</pre>

Unmount the SD card
<pre>
sudo umount /media/3D4D-A03B/
</pre>

Install the SD card in your RPi SD Card slot, make sure your Pi si connected to a monitor. mouse and keyboard.

== NOOBS First Boot == 
Power up your RPi and you'll be presented with a screen image on your monitor or TV that shows it formatting the spare space on your SD card then showing the OS selection prompt / screen.

Select the Operating System of your choice (here we select the recommended Raspian).

Wait whilst the NOOBS installer overwrites the SD card. Approximately 2GB of data (@NOOBS 1.3.2) is required, on my system the write speed is ~1MB/s, the installation requires about 3minutes.

If you are new to the RPI its worth watching the screen shots during installation as they offer a wealth of useful info.

Click OK once the installation prompt appears and the RPi will reboot.

== Post installation set-up == 
On first boot the NOOBS installation of Raspian will show the installation helper raspi-config which allow location and many other features to be defined.

Consult the official documentation for the many options available. The minimum is to set your language,location,timezone and keyboard.

Remember the default user is 'pi' and the username is 'raspberry'.

== Updates ==
Optionally after intial set-up its recommended that the user update their operating system, this is easily achieved using the command line interface using
<pre>
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade
sudo /usr/bin/rpi-update
sudo apt-get clean
</pre>

The sequence of commands can be executed is series using
<pre>
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade && sudo /usr/bin/rpi-update && sudo apt-get clean
</pre>

Depending on how many changes there are, updating can take a long time, please be patient.

== References ==
# [http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/quick-start-guide-v2_1.pdf NOOBS quick Start Guide from the RPI Foundation]
# [http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4100 Raspberry Pi Foundation NOOBS release notification]
# http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads
# [https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/ Official Windows SD card formatting tools]