Windows sometimes has a bit of a problem trying to load this immediately after writing the image to the SD card so I simply unplug and plug it back in and we can now access the boot drive.

Once you have burned the OS image to the drive we need to open the boot drive. Select the OS image you just downloaded then select the micro SD card as the target and hit flash! balenaEtcher Post-Image Configuring

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W (or other Raspberry Pi)Ĭonnect your micro SD card to your PC and open balenaEtcher.Raspberry Pi OS Lite image ( available here).balenaEtcher or similar ( available here).We will be using a version of Raspberry Pi OS which leaves out the GUI environment meaning it performs very well on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Say you wanted to set up a remote monitoring station for weather for example, you wouldn’t want to have to use a keyboard and monitor to get things going so this setup is ideal for those sorts of applications. We can still control the Raspberry Pi over a network connection and SSH so this solution is perfect for a minimal Raspberry Pi Setup. Well the easiest way to describe it is simply by imagining using your Raspberry Pi with nothing connected, no keyboard, mouse or monitor, only power is required.

Raspberry pi zero w setup headless