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* A Micro SD card, at least 8 GB in size, and an adapter (if necessary) to connect the card to your computer.
* A USB A/Micro B cable: [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/898) or [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013G4EAEI/)
> Note: Of the many varieties of Raspberry Pi only the Raspberry Pi Zero and Raspberry Pi Zero W can be used as simulated USB drives. It may be possible to use a Pi Zero with a USB Wifi adapter to achieve the same result as the Pi Zero W, but this hasn't been confirmed.
Recommended: These will allow you to set up the Raspberry Pi without following the steps for a "headless" setup, which are a little more complicated.
* Mini HDMI to HDMI cable [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2775) or [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-High-Speed-Mini-HDMI-HDMI-Cable/dp/B014I8UEGY)
* A USB keyboard.
@@ -48,8 +50,6 @@ Optional:
* A case. Don't want unprotected circuits hanging about! Official case at [Adafruit](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2885) or [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y593MHV). There are many others to choose from. Note that the official case won't work with the USB A Add on board.
* USB Splitter if you don't want to lose a front USB port. [The Onvian Splitter](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KX4TKH6) has been reported working by multiple people on reddit.
> Note: Of the many varieties of Raspberry Pi only the Raspberry Pi Zero and Raspberry Pi Zero W can be used as simulated USB drives. It may be possible to use a Pi Zero with a USB Wifi adapter to achieve the same result as the Pi Zero W, but this hasn't been confirmed.
### Software
Download [Raspbian Stretch Lite](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/)
* Note: Bittorrent is dramatically faster than direct download.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ There are four phases to setting up the Pi:
[These instructions](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md) tell you how to get Raspbian onto your MicroSD card. Basically:
1. Connect your SD card to your computer.
2. Use Etcher to write the zip file you downloaded to the SD card. Etcher works well and is multi-platform.
> Note: you don't need to uncompress the zip file you downloaded.
> Note: you don't need to uncompress the zip file you downloaded.
3. Plug the micro sd card into the Pi.
### Get a shell on the Pi