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===== Headless installation ===== **Normal wired network headless installation** If you would like to use Berryboot without having a display attached, open the file named **cmdline.txt** located on the SD card in a text editor, and append the following settings to the same line as the other options: <code> vncinstall ipv4=192.168.88.88/255.255.255.0/192.168.88.1 </code> The network information is in IP/netmask/gateway format.\\ You can then start a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnc|VNC]] client program on your normal computer, and connect to the IP-address you specified. **Wireless headless installation** To start a headless installation using wifi, append to **cmdline.txt** on the same line as the existing options: <code> vncinstall ipv4=192.168.88.88/255.255.255.0/192.168.88.1/wlan0 </code> And create a file called **wpa_supplicant.conf** on the FAT partition of the SD card with the wifi SSID and password in the following format: <code> ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev ap_scan=1 network={ ssid="ssid-of-accesspoint" psk="wpa-password" } </code> ===== See also ===== * [[:berryboot|Main Berryboot page]]

berryboot/headless_installation.1363475472.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/03/17 00:11 by max