There are several helper programs to get an OS on a disk for booting an IT Device. We will not go in to all the details, hopefully you understand what it is to burn an OS to disk for use. This is the process for using RPi imager to burn pretty much any OS for use. Remember I am using this as a server the desktop is similar but you won’t use the server settings at the end of this article.
Use RPi Imager to burn the os to the SD Card:
If you are using Raspberry Pi OS: This step is very important remove the SD Card wait about 3 to 5 seconds then put it back in to the system you used to burn it with.
Open File Explorer > Open the bootfs partition > look for cmdline.txt > Open it with your text editor of choice:
Use your text editor to open the cmdline.txt The below can be copied and pasted into this file I always put it at the start of the line:
ip=12.18.2.21::12.18.2.1:255.255.255.0:rpi4-k3s-w02:eth0:off cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_enable=memory cgroup_memory=1 swapaccount=1
Next we need to open the config.txt, to turn off some things we don’t need to use with a server deployment.
sudo nano -c config.txt### This will disable WiFi and Bluetooth ###
dtoverlay=disable-wifi
dtoverlay=disable-bt
# dtparam=audio=on
dtparam=audio=off
### Add on the last line after the [all] section This makes sure 64bit is used ###
arm_64bit=1
note: Plug the SD Card back into the Pi and power it on. After it boots; SSH in to the Pi. Use the back arrow to get back to the article you were following if it was on this site.