Setup Raspberry Pi Using Diet Pi Without Monitor or Keyboard

This instructable is deprecated. Please use: DietPi Setup

NOOBS requires a monitor, keyboard and mouse, which adds ~$60 (USD) or more in cost. However, once Wi-Fi is working, these devices are no longer needed. Perhaps, DietPi will support USB to serial in the image.

Every time I start a new Raspberry Pi project, I lug out the monitor, keyboard and mouse and find a place to set them up. After completing my third Raspberry Pi project, I thought there must be a better way.

This approach is a bit more advanced and uses a MacBook Pro instead of a monitor, keyboard and mouse. So, it saves $45 and takes up less space.

With this instructable, I've started using Diet Pi instead of Raspbian. Most of my projects are headless. Using Diet Pi provides longer SD card life and reduces overhead processes, thereby increasing performance.

The first pass requires a keyboard, monitor and mouse. The second pass eliminates the need for these.

The goals of this project are to:

Use Diet Pi
Eliminate the need for a monitor, keyboard and mouse on subsequent setups
Create a standard micro SD card image so next time I can skip many of the steps
Compress the micro SD card image

Step 1: Gather Parts

I have found the parts below perform best in my applications. These parts are more expensive than those contained in the usual starter kit.

Get parts and tools (prices in USD):

MacBook Pro (a PC could be used)
Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Element14 $35
Panda 300n WiFi Adapter Amazon $16.99
5.2V 2.1A USB Power Adapter from Amazon $5.99
Micro USB to USB cable 3ft from Amazon $4.69
FTDI TTL-232R-RPI Serial to USB cable from Mouser $15
Case from Amazon $6.99
SanDisk Ultra 16 GB microSDHC Class 10 with Adapter (SDSQUAN-016G-G4A) from Amazon $8.99
TV with HDMI port, USB keyboard, USB mouse, HDMI Cable (only needed on first pass)

Notes:

Text enclosed in spades, such as, ♣replace-this♣, should be replaced with an actual value. Of course, remove the spades.

Step 2: Download Diet Pi

Compared to a laptop or desktop PC, the raspberry pi's processor is underpowered. So, a dominant principle in getting acceptable performance is to eliminate unnecessary load on the processor.

Diet-Pi is a minimal installation of raspbian. Diet-Pi eliminates operating system processes that are not required allowing the processor to perform user tasks more quickly. Running the command top on one of my raspbian systems shows 126 tasks running, while diet-pi only has 91.

Diet-Pi also has a lightweight GUI and eliminates unnecessary I/O to the micro SD card. SD Cards get worn out after repeated write cycles. Reducing the number of writes, prolongs the life of the SD card. Most of my projects don't require a GUI. So, in a later step, LDXE is removed.

DietPi writes most logs to a RAM disk saving writes to the micro SD card.

Steps:

Download the latest version from here Diet-Pi. Go to Download. Select Raspberry Pi. Select Raspberry Pi All Models. And then select Download Image.
When this was updated the latest version was: DietPi_v6.0_RPi-ARMv6-Stretch
Once it is downloaded, drag the download from download to a directory where you store images. I like to keep downloaded images and backup images of raspberry pi projects in a directory on my Mac.
Remember anything enclosed in ♣'s is replaced by your name or value

♣macbook-image-directory♣

Open a terminal window on the MacBook
Change to your image directory and list the files

$ cd ♣macbook-image-directory♣
$ ls
2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.img	SDCardBackupSetup.dmg
DietPi_RPi-(Jessie).7z		disk_test.dmg

I used unarchiver to decompress the zip file (.7z) on my MacBook.
And then deleted the compressed file (drag the zip file to the trash)

$ cd ♣macbook-image-directory♣
$ ls
2015-11-21-raspbian-jessie.img	SDCardBackupSetup.dmg
DietPi_v136_RPi-(Jessie).img		disk_test.dmg

If the image name contains parentheses, later steps won't like that. So, rename the file and remove the parentheses. The image is now: ♣diet-pi-image♣

Step 3: Burn Diet-pi Image to Micro SD Card

Download etcher from here, and then install etcher. Etcher makes installation fool proof.

Start etcher

Select your image ♣diet-pi-image♣:
Select your microSD card
Flash
Enter MacBook password

For whatever reason, etcher does not unmount the microSD card. So, I need to select the drive and then right click to Eject it (or if one button mouse CTRL-click). If you don't eject it doesn't really matter, you will get a warning message.

Install SD Card.tiff
Download

Step 4: Raspberry Pi Setup and Connections

Heat Sink
Remove tape and press firmly on to processor. The heat sink and chip are almost the same size. It was fairly obvious were it was supposed to go. I did not take a picture.

Case

Take case apart. The older version has three parts: top, bottom and middle. Slide Raspberry Pi into bottom part of case Slide Raspberry Pi into bottom. There are two clips on the end where the SD card is inserted. The board must slide under these clips. It slides in easily, no need to force it. Again, this seemed very straightforward. So, there is no photo. It is good to keep the pi in the bottom part of the case.

Cables and SD Card

Unless indicated, insert the following into Raspberry Pi

Only needed for Pass 1
- HDMI cable to a TV
- USB Keyboard
- USB Mouse
Micro SD card
Ethernet cable
Wi-Fi dongle
USB serial I/O cable (see images above)
- Ground = Black wire, pin 06 on RPi
- Tx = Yellow wire, pin 08
- Rx = Red wire, pin10

Once the above are complete:

Insert power cable

Insert USB/Serial cable into MacBook USB port

If using a myDietPi_v104_RPi-jessie.img created in Pass 1, then

Check the appendices to see if there are any optional steps you would like to add
Run dietpi-config to change the hostname
After changing the hostname, you might need to remove an RSA Key. The instructions to do this are in the appendix to this instructable.
You are done!

Step 5: Set Up DietPi

Set up DietPi.

login: root
password: dietpi

Follow the directions. DietPi will update and install necessary software.

Step 6: Configure DietPi

Instead of about 25 setup screens, I used the menu numbers as a guide.

If presented with a menu, then navigate through the menu using:

arrow keys
tab to move
space to toggle options from space to *
and ENTER

Follow the directions, it is easy to use. Some steps will require a restart. Go through all the menu options and decide what you want.

If you mess up, it's no big deal. Just start over.

Here is my setup. Change to suit your needs.

DietPi-Software

The first menu is DietPi-Software

Select dietpi-config.

Main Menu

Display Options
Audio Options
Performance Options
Advanced Options
Language/Regional Options
1. Locale (for the US use space bar to make *)
  1. [*] en.US.UTF-8 UTF-8
  2. en.US.UTF-8 - default locale
  3. will generate changes
2. Timezone
  1. US
  2. Central
3. Keyboard
  1. Other
    1. English (US)
  2. No compose key
  3. Default for keyboard layout
  4. Model: Dell
Security Options
1. Change Root Password
2. Change Hostname
Networking Options
AutoStart Options
- 0. Console: Manual Login (default)
Tools

and then reboot.

DietPi-Software

Install optional software.

DietPi Software Setup menu:

Select DietPi Optimized Software
- [*] RPi.GPIO
- [*] LLSP: lighttpd | sqlite | php NOTE: this is optional
- [*] certbot - NOTE: As of 16APR2018 certbot does not work with lighttpd
Select Software Additional Linux
- [*] Python pip NOTE: this is optional, but most of my projects use python
- [*] Avahi-daemon
SSH Server: change from DropBear to OpenSSH
File Server : None
Log System: DietPi-Ramlog #1
Help!
Go Start Install

DietPi will install the software

Step 7: Optional: Setup Wi-Fi

In general, Raspberry Pi can use either a wired or wireless connection.

If you want to use Wi-Fi, then unplug ethernet cable and enable Wi-Fi

$ dietpi-launcher

The menu looks something like this:

DietPi-Software
DietPi-Config
DietPi-AutoStart
DietPi-Cron
...

Select DietPi-Config, which looks something like:

Display Options
Audio Options
Performance Options
Advanced Options
Language/Regional Options
Security Options
Network Options: Adapters
...

Select Network Options: Adapters

Select WiFi - enable WiFi
Select Onboard WiFi - enable onboard Wi-Fi

Select Network Options: Adapters and then WiFi

Select Scan and Connect, choose your home's SSID

Change Country: US

Enable Auto Reconnect

Enter your password (aka Access Key): ♣your-home-ssid♣

Apply changes

After reboot, DietPi will show:

IP eth0: ♣your-ip-address♣

Open a terminal window on your computer and see if you can connect wirelessly to the Raspberry Pi using one of the commands below.

$ ssh root@♣ip-address♣
$ ssh root@♣your-hostname♣.local

And WiFi should work.

Step 8: Add User Pi to DietPi

By default, DietPi uses a login of username: root, while raspbian uses username: pi.

Many Raspberry Pi directions and my instructables assume a starting point of /home/pi and a login of pi. So, add a user called: pi

$ useradd pi -m -G sudo
$ passwd pi
Password: ♣raspberry-pi-password♣
Password: ♣raspberry-pi-password♣

If you make a mistake, use the following command to remove the user:

$ userdel pi

Make a copy of the file /etc/sudoers

As user, root, edit the file, but be careful with this file. Be sure it correct before saving

$ sudo nano /etc/sudoers

Without the following change you will have to enter a password each time sudo is used.

After the comment, #includedir ..., add the line that starts, pi ALL=:

#includedir /etc/sudoers.d
pi ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

CTRL-o, ENTER, CTRL-x to save and close the file

Add bash shell, using

$ sudo nano /etc/passwd

and edit user pi to add /bin/bash at the end. Don't change anything else:

pi:x:1001:1001::/home/pi:/bin/bash

CTRL-o, ENTER, CTRL-x to save and close the file

Check the new user works

$ logout

and login as pi with ♣raspberry-pi-password♣

$ ssh pi@♣ip-address♣

If logged in as pi, DietPi utilities are located in:

/DietPi/dietpi

dietpi scripts use a check for root UID = 0, which prevents the pi username from running the dietpi scripts. The script checks if $UID=0, which should be reserved for username root. Adding the directory to PATH doesn't help.

So to run dietpi-config or any of the dietpi utilities from pi, login as super user, and then run the command. To exit superuser, enter exit.

$ sudo su
$ sudo /DietPi/dietpi/dietpi-config
♣change-settings♣
$ exit

Of course, you could modify the script and add the pi username's UID or remove the check for root's UID. There might be additional changes required.

if (( $UID != 0 )); then

Optional Step

In general, root should not be used as a login. The root login should not be disabled, but should be blocked from normal login.

To prevent users from logging in directly as root, set the root account's shell to /sbin/nologin in the /etc/passwd file.

$ sudo nano /etc/passwd

Change

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin

Step 9: Get FTDI USB to Serial Interface Working

By default, DietPi has usb to serial disabled. Enable this service so we can use it in the future.

$ sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

In the file, add before console=tty1

console=ttyAMA0,115200

CTRL-o, ENTER, CTRL-x to save the file and exit

Enable the service and restart the Raspberry Pi

$ sudo systemctl enable serial-getty@ttyAMA0.service
$ sudo reboot -h 0

If not plugged-in, plug-in the FTDI USB to serial cable

USB serial I/O cable (see image above). The outer corner of the Raspberry Pi has pin 2. The outer row closest to the edge are even numbered pins (2, 4, 6), and the inner row are odd numbered

Ground = Black wire, pin 06
Tx = Yellow wire, pin 08
Rx = Red wire, pin10

Step 10: Determine USB Port

Determine USB Port being used by USB-Serial adapter. My MacBook uses a chip from FTDI.

Open terminal window on MacBook

There are a lot of devices in /dev. Use this command to identify the device (in this case, it is FT9314WH):

$ ls /dev/tty.*<br>/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port 
/dev/tty.usbserial-FT9314WH

Here is an alternate way to discover:

$ ls /dev | grep FT | grep tty
tty.usbserial-FT9314WH

If neither of the above work, then try this:

Insert USB cable into MacBook, and run:

$ ls /dev | grep tty

Unplug USB cable, wait a few seconds and run:

$ ls /dev | grep tty

Identify the differences

Step 11: Open Terminal Window and Connect to Raspberry Pi

Open (or continue using) terminal window on MacBook.

See the image above and set up the terminal window preferences.

Terminal, select Preferences, click Advanced tab
xterm and vt100 work, but ansi works better when using nano
Set Western ASCII instead of unicode (UTF-8))

In a terminal window enter:

$ screen /dev/tty.usbserial-FT9314WH 115200

Using terminal window on MacBook, login in to RPi: username = pi password = raspberry

Note: the USB-serial cable can drop characters. If characters are dropped you may not get a prompt, press Return or enter username and press Enter.

If recovery mode appears, then micro SD card is not set up correctly. Start over.

Diet Pi's prompt for root user # (on raspbian recovery mode uses a # prompt)
Diet Pi's normal prompt for pi user is $

Step 12: Always Update and Upgrade

Always update and upgrade.

"apt-get update" downloads latest package lists from appropriate repositories.
"apt-get upgrade" updates the packages
"apt-get autoremove" deletes packages that are no longer needed
Reboot is optional. Some services need to be restarted after an upgrade. Rebooting is my lazy way of ensuring all required services are properly restarted

Run the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
$ sudo reboot

If there are errors, check that an Ethernet cable is plugged in.

Step 13: Expand File System

raspi-config contains an option to expand the file system to use the whole micro SD card. I was concerned expanding the filesystem was overlooked in dietpi-config.

However, by default, "DietPi images come pre-optimized with features like automatic file system expansion."

To show the file system is expanded, run the command:

$ df -h

On DietPi, there is no need to expand the file system.

Step 14: Optional: Remove GUI

Optional step. My projects don't use a GUI, so remove it. Removing the GUI saves about 2MB of storage and improves performance.

$ sudo apt-get --purge remove 'x11-*'
$ sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

Adding turbo mode has some wifi performance benefits. Edit the file:

$ sudo nano /boot/cmdline.txt

And add

smsc95xx.turbo_mode=Y, so it looks like:

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes smsc95xx.turbo_mode=Y rootwait rootdelay=10

CTRL-o, ENTER, CTRL-x to save and exit

Then reboot

$ sudo reboot<br>

Step 15: Setup Gmail

Mail is very useful for receiving notifications and alerts about issues on the Raspberry Pi.

Ensure repositories are up-to-date. Run the command:

$ sudo apt-get update

Install SSMTP and mail utilities:

$ sudo apt-get install ssmtp
$ sudo apt-get install mailutils -y

Edit the SSMTP configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

as follows:

root=♣your-gmail-account♣@gmail.com
mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587
hostname=♣your-hostname♣
AuthUser=♣your-gmail-account♣@gmail.com
AuthPass=♣your-gmail-password♣
UseSTARTTLS=YES

CTRL-o, ENTER, CTRL-x to save and exit

Edit the SSMTP aliases file:

$ sudo nano /etc/ssmtp/revaliases

Create one line for each user in your system that will be able to send emails. For example:

root:♣your-gmail-account♣@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587
<p>pi:♣your-gmail-account♣@gmail.com:smtp.gmail.com:587</p>

Set the permissions of the SSMTP configuration file:

$ sudo chmod 664 /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf

Step 16: Find IP Address by Name

My home automation system needs to access my raspberry pis. However, DHCP allocated IP addresses can change. So, I tried assigning static IP addresses. I wasn't satisfied with this solution. Next, I tried using nmap to discover the IP address of a hostname, but this seem rather involved. I was going to set up a DNS server, when I ran across the solution below.

It is easier to refer to a raspberry pi by its ♣hostname♣.local.

If you installed avahi-daemon using dietpi-config and changed the hostname, then you can skip to the next step

Install multicast DNS.

$ sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon
$ hostname -I
<p>192.168.1.100</p>

Change the hostname

$ sudo nano /etc/hosts

The hostname should default to dietpi. Change the last line from dietpi to the new ♣hostname♣

192.168.1.100     ♣hostname♣

CTRL-O, CTR-X, ENTER to save and exit the editor

$ sudo nano /etc/hostname

♣hostname♣

CTRL-O, CTR-X, ENTER to save and exit the editor

Commit the changes to the system

$ sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
$ sudo reboot

The gateway is not setup correctly.

$ sudo route -n 
Kernel IP routing table 
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0

Run the command, where 192.168.1.254 is the ip address of your ISP's gateway:

$ sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.254
$ sudo route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface 
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 wlan0 
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0

Clearly, I missed something in the setup.

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# Wifi
gateway 192.168.0.1

Step 17: Backup the Micro SD Card

When Raspberry Pi is setup, then back up the image. Use this image to create the next project.

Also, backup the project when it is complete. If anything goes wrong with the SD card, then it is easy to restore it.

Shutdown the Raspberry Pi

$ sudo shutdown –h 0

Wait until the card has shutdown, and then remove the power supply, and then remove micro SD Card

Insert micro SD card into SD Adapter, and then insert the SD adapter into MacBook

On MacBook use these instructions from The Pi Hut with modifications as follows:

Open terminal window

Change to directory containing raspbian image

$ cd ♣your-macbook-image-directory♣

Identify the disk# (not partition) of your SD card e.g. disk2 (not disk2s1). From diskutil output, = 4. The disk# should be FAT_32. In the listing below, the ♣micro-SD-card-disk#♣ = 2

$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *160.0 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Cartwright              159.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *2.5 GB     disk1
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         1.5 KB     disk1s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Age of Empires III      2.5 GB     disk1s2
/dev/disk2
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *15.5 GB    disk2
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 boot                    58.7 MB    disk2s1
   2:                      Linux                         15.5 GB    disk2s2
/dev/disk4
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     Apple_partition_scheme                        *18.1 MB    disk4
   1:        Apple_partition_map                         32.3 KB    disk4s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Flash Player            18.1 MB    disk4s2

IMPORTANT: make sure you use the correct ♣micro-SD-card-disk#♣ – if you enter the wrong ♣micro-SD-card-disk#♣, you will end up wiping out your hard disk!

The description should be something like: ♣description♣ = myDietPi_v104_RPi-jessie

Copy the image from your SD card. Ensure the image name and are correct: 

$ sudo dd if=/dev/disk♣micro-SD-card-disk#♣ of=♣your-macbook-image-directory♣/SDCardBackup♣description♣.img

CTRL-t to see the status of the copying.

Once the image is created, compress the image. A newly created 8GB image will compress to less than 2GB.

$ gzip ♣description♣.img

To decompress use:

$ gunzip ♣description♣.img.gz

When complete, unmount the SD Card:

$ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk♣micro-SD-card-disk#♣

Remove SD adapter from MacBook and remove micro SD card from adapter

Insert micro SD Card in Raspberry Pi

On the next project, use uncompress this image and skip many of the steps in this instructable.

And you are done!

Step 18: Appendix: Pre-generated Key

Pre-generated keys depend on the Raspberry Pi's MAC and are not unique to a micro SD card. These need to be setup for each device.

Using a pre-generated key requires a change to /etc/network/interfaces, so it uses wpa_supplicant/conf. The instructable for setting up Wi-Fi shows how to do this.

Create a pre-generated PSK key. Login to Raspberry Pi and run the command:

$ wpa_passphrase ♣your-ssid♣ ♣your-pass-phrase♣

output: 

network={
	ssid="♣your-ssid♣"
	psk=♣your pre-generated key♣
}

/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Each parameter in the /etc/network/interfaces file was measured.

The wpa_supplicant.conf file must be correct or wifi won't work.

$ sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

Edit the file to look like this:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
	ssid="♣your-ssid♣"
	# use a pre-generated key
	psk=♣your-pre-generated-key♣
	# if creating a standard image for many projects, then use pass phrase 
	# instead of generated key
	# a generated key depends on the Raspberry Pi's MAC
	# psk="♣your pass phrase♣"
	# specify for clarity
	key_mgmt=wpa_psk
	proto=rsn
	# CCMP is the correct encryption to use for WPA-PSK
	pairwise=CCMP
	group=CCMP
}

CTRL-o to write file

ENTER to confirm write

CTRL-x to exit nano editor

Step 19: Appendix: Add Client-side Certs to Web Servers

My projects are focused on home automation, and while it is useful for me to have access, I don't want the world to control my home. A server/client certificate pair prevents unauthorized users from accessing.

Follow this instructable to add certs: Restrict Access to Raspberry Pi Web Server

Step 20: Appendix: RSA Key Issue

If the hostname associated with a mac changes, then my MacBook shows the message below when I try to login.

$ ssh pi@192.168.1.94

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     
@
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
eb:98:60:31:52:ac:7b:80:8e:8f:41:64:c1:11:f9:ef.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /Users/jeffcartwright/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending RSA key in /Users/♣your-username♣/.ssh/known_hosts:16
RSA host key for 192.168.1.94 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.

There is an easy fix.

Open a MacBook terminal window and the vi editor

$ sudo vi /Users/♣your-username♣/.ssh/known_hosts

The first entry is row 1, press the down arrow key (16 - 1) until you are on the 192.168.1.94, or whatever IP the message shows.

Type (delete line, write file , and quit):

dd
:w!
:q!

Now, login should work

$ ssh pi@192.168.1.94

If asked to continue connecting, confirm by typing yes.

The authenticity of host '192.168.1.94 (192.168.1.94)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is eb:98:60:31:52:ac:7b:80:8e:8f:41:64:c1:11:f9:ef.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '192.168.1.94' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

Step 21: Appendix: References

References:

Raspberry Pi Micro SD Cards
RPi.org SD Card Benchmarks
elinux.org to micro SD Card benchmarks
Link to Raspberry Pi micro SD card guidelines
Link to Raspberry Pi compatible micro SD Cards
RaspberryPi.org burn image on micro SD card
rip-clone is a bash script to write to unexpanded file system to USB SD card
Raspberry Pi.org fourdee4d's contribution to the thread

Step 22: Appendix: Updates

Possible Future Improvements:

remove the FTDI steps and edit the file on the microSD card while it is still plugged into the MacBook
- Move the FTDI steps to an appendix
Install e2fsprogs on MacBook
Insert micro SD card in MacBook
Unmount micro SD card
Zero fill the image before compressing it:
- e2fsck -E discard src_fs
dd the image and then gzip
Compare zero filled image to non-zero filled
Is this worth the effort?

10FEB2017

Made changes to conform with latest DietPi install procedures

11JUN2016

Removed Appendix on nmap and states IPs
Use hostname.local

22NOV2016

Updated for v136 of DietPi
Updated for Raspberry Pi 3

Step 23: Appendix: Troubleshooting

Step 24: Appendix: Unattended Install Script

Need to create an unattended install script that automates steps 5-15. Upload source to github. Use wget to pull raw source from github, and then execute e script. Leave changing host name and password until after the UAI script. Might need to keep state and do multiple reboots.

Introduction: Setup Raspberry Pi Using Diet Pi Without Monitor or Keyboard