It wasn't meant to be "rather pretentious", it was made for the sake of brevity. My posts are wordy and time consuming as it is, and to avoid going into detail (and off on yet another tangent) I elected to use the Cliff's Notes version, and leave it as "it's easy" and hope someone interested could throw some keywords into The Google. There's actually several different ways to accomplish it, and within those ways you can do it via wifi, via Cat5 cable, or via HDMI connection to your TV with a USB keyboard and mouse. So which to explain? All of the methods take longer to explain than to perform. The quickest is to set up access to the Pi vis ssh, and with this method you can easily access the Pi away from home or even during flight via your phone or tablet if the need arises (this is my preferred method) but then there's the rabbit hole of explaining ssh access . I encourage anyone who's curious to learn the ssh method, especially if you're away from home much. Below is a method that might not be the quickest, but it's the quickest to explain. It also requires access to the HDMI port on the Pi, and some Stratux cases will require you to remove the Pi to get to the HDMI port (CAUTION: Rabbit hole ahead! Be sure to remove the SD card BEFORE you remove the Pi from the case, and be equally sure to remove the card before you replace the Pi back into the case, lest the card get cracked in the process. Some people have drilled a slot in the case so they can access the HDMI port without disassembly). So next time you're riding your elephant through Botswana and run upon a Stratux dropped from the sky that needs its SD card expanded (and there's not a grade school nearby and you don't want to spend your precious pula on ordering a new one), crank up your generator and try this:
1 - connect an HDMI cable between your TV and Pi
2 - connect a keyboard and mouse to the Pi using the USB ports (can be wired or wireless)
3 - power up the Pi and the screen will come alive with the boot process
5 - at the login prompt, the userID is pi and the password is raspberry, all lowercase
6 - type "sudo raspi-config" (no quotes) and press enter
7 - the first menu option is to expand the card. Select it and follow the prompts/accept the defaults
8 - reassemble the Pi
9 - accept accolades from your monkey on a job well done
Jeff Nokomis Clark,
Mooney M20G,
iFly app on ASUS ZenPad Z8s,
ASUS ZenFone AR,
ASUS Windows 10 tablet,
Stratux ADS-B w AHRS
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