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First boot and login

First boot

If you used an SD card insert it into a slot and power on the board. With the cheapest board, the first boot (with DHCP) can take up to two minutes with a class 10 SD card.

First login

The first boot will log you in automatically if you have connected a display via HDMI or if you are connected to the serial console. For SSH, you need to login as root and use the password 1234. If you need to find your board’s IP address, you can use this tool.

After logging in, you will be prompted to change the default password. You will then be asked to create a normal user account that will have sudo permissions. Beware, at this stage, the keyboard is using the QWERTY layout. In case you have no wired network connection and there is a wireless adaptor detected, the system will prompt you to connect.

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Welcome to Armbian!

Documentation: https://docs.armbian.com/ | Community support: https://forum.armbian.com/

IP address:  Network connection timeout!

Create root password: ********
Repeat root password: ********

Shell: BASH

Creating a new user account. Press <Ctrl-C> to abort

Please provide a username (eg. your first name): jane
Create user (Jane) password: ********
Repeat user (Jane) password: ********

Please provide your real name: Jane

Dear Jane, your account jane has been created and is sudo enabled.
Please use this account for your daily work from now on.

Internet connection was not detected.

Connect via wireless? [Y/n] y

Multiple wireless adaptors detected. Choose primary:

1        wlx00e032cxxx94
2        wlx60fb00yyyc4a

Enter a number of wireles adaptor: 1

Detected wireless networks:

1        NETWORK
2        MY-WIFI
3        Caatsanddogs

Enter a number of SSID: 3

Enter a password for MY-WIFI: password

Probing internet connection (9)

Detected timezone: Europe/Ljubljana

Set user language based on your location? [Y/n] y

Generating locales: sl_SI.UTF-8
root@bananapim2pro:~#
Automated config

These settings can be pre-loaded, see Autoconfig

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