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 Message 21248 
 The Natural Philosopher to Andy Burns 
 Re: Can't get into headless pi, password 
 26 Jan 25 10:01:35 
 
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PID: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
On 26/01/2025 09:48, Andy Burns wrote:
> Chris Townley wrote:
>
>> When you sue the Raspberry Pi Imager, you must use the option to set a
>> user and password
>
>
> Last time I used  it, it would let you enter "root" for the username,
> but it wouldn't set the password for root.

I believe that is the case.

It is actually quite handy to have a spare keyboard and HDMI monitor
when bringing up headless.

And suitable adapters.

But its not actually needed


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