The minimum size for Raspbian OS is 4GB and is generally downloaded from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ before being installed to an SD card.
Windows
In order to prepare the SD card for installation from a Windows platform, download the following software http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ARM_Installer#Windows_Vista_.26_7.
- Extract the files to a folder of your choice
- Eject any devices or storage media
- Insert your chosen media
- Right click fedora-arm-installer.exe and select Run as Administrator
- Select your source image (downloaded from raspberypi)
- Select destination (ensuring it is correct as it will format it)
- Click Install (this may take a while)
Mac
A shell script is available to prepare the SD card from https://github.com/RayViljoen/Raspberry-PI-SD-Installer-OS-X
- Extract the files to a folder called Raspberry-PI-SD-Installer-OS-X-master
- Move the image file downloaded from raspberrypi to the folder specified in point 1.
- Open Terminal type cd and the full folder path of Raspberry-PI-SD-Installer-OS-X-master
- Eject any devices or storage media
- Type sudo ./install *name of file*.img and enter the Mac password
- Enter the number relating to the installation device
Your SD card should now be ready for running of setup here
Reference: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-raspberry-pi-lesson-1-preparing-and-sd-card-for-your-raspberry-pi
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