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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Can't get into headless pi, password not 'raspberry'
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:01:35 +0000
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On 26/01/2025 09:48, Andy Burns wrote:
> Chris Townley wrote:
> 
>> When you sue the Raspberry Pi Imager, you must use the option to set a 
>> user and password
> 
> 
> Last time I used  it, it would let you enter "root" for the username, 
> but it wouldn't set the password for root.

I believe that is the case.

It is actually quite handy to have a spare keyboard and HDMI monitor 
when bringing up headless.

And suitable adapters.

But its not actually needed


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