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Jos Visser edited this page Jan 29, 2023 · 1 revision

Preparation

Download and install the latest Raspberry Pi Imager (v1.7.1).

Flashing MainsailOS

  • When opening Raspberry Pi Imager you will be presented with the following:
    rpi-imager-launched.png
  • Select “CHOOSE OS”, and a pop-up will open as illustrated below.
  • Scroll down to “Other specific-purpose OS”
  • Select “3D printing”
  • Choose your prefered 3D printing OS (Mainsail for sure)
  • After that is done click “STORAGE” and select your desired SD card.
  • Hostname, Wi-Fi, language and numerous other settings can now be scrolled through and preconfigured in a setup menu, opened by clicking on the little cogwheel in the right corner.

Please enable SSH! Otherwise, you were’nt able to connect via SSH.

  • With all desired options preconfigured, click on “WRITE” and accept the warning.

Software Update

As soon as you have MainsailOS loaded, it is highly recommended that you make sure all the software is up to date. (At times, the downloaded image file contains fairly out of date software.)

  • Access Mainsail through a web browser, using whatever IP or hostname you found above. (Note, you will see some errors regarding the non-configured state of your printer. These can be ignored… for now)
  • Click the “Machine” button on the left side of the screen
  • In the “Update Manager” panel, click the refresh button
  • Click the “Update” button for each component that needs updating.
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