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Installing AryaOS

AryaOS should run on any ARM64-based computer, and is tested on the Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 models. To run AryaOS on a Raspberry Pi, a SD card image will need to be downloaded and written to an SD card. Any SD card larger than 16 GB should suffice to get started, 32 GB recommended.

Raspberry Pi Imager

Raspberry Pi Imager is the preferred utility for creating an AryaOS SD card and runs any Windows, Mac or Linux workstation.

  1. Download AryaOS release image to the workstation.
  2. Insert an SD card into the workstation.
  3. Open Raspberry Pi Imager on the workstation.
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balenaEtcher (Balena Ether)

balenaEther can be used to create an AryaOS microSD card and runs on any Windows, Mac or Linux workstation.

On the workstation:

  1. Download and install balenaEther.
  2. Download the AryaOS microSD card image to your Downloads folder.. TK TK TK
  3. Insert the target microSD card.
  4. Open blaneEtcher.
  5. Select Flash from file and locate the AryaOS microSD card image in your Downloads folder.
  6. Select the target microSD card.
  7. Click Flash

balenaEther screenshot

Once balenaEtcher has written the AryaOS microSD card image to the target microSD card, it will verify the image and eject the microSD card from the workstation.

On the target device:

  1. Insert the target microSD card into the target device.
  2. Power-on (or connect the power to) the target device.

Next Steps

Within a few seconds of power-up, an AryaOS device will flash green and red lights.

  1. Initial startup of a new AryaOS device (either pre-assembled or self-assembled) will take a 120 seconds. During this time the AryaOS device will resize its file system & generate a unique AryaOS Node ID (NODE_ID).
  2. After initial startup, all AryaOS devices will startup within 90 seconds.

Once an AryaOS device boots, it will establish a WiFi Hotspot with an SSID resembling AryaOS-XXXX, where XXXX is the last four characters of the NODE_ID.

If you've self-assembled an AryaOS device, you will need to manually set the SDR serial numbers for each SDR installed on the device. See config page.