Ionian for RaspberryPI 3 and above (RPI 4 with 4GB mem or above recommended)

Installation of Ioncore Raspberry PI

Install Pre-Built System

Download the current image from https://github.com/ioncoincore/ionian/releases/Ionian-rpi
1 - Windows Install

A) Download rufus (or similar SD writing software) rufus can be downloaded from
https://rufus.akeo.ie/

B) insert your SD Card (16 GB or Larger, Class 6 or better) into an
unused sd/usb (with an adapter) slot

C) double click on your chosen writing tool and follow the instructions to install
ionian-ioncore-rpi.<version>.img.xz
(Rufus shown below)

D) remove the SD Card replace in your RPI system and reboot.

2 - Linux/OSX Install

A) mkusb

i) install mkusb for your system using the appropriate package manager.

ii) insert your SD Card (16 GB or Larger, Class 6 or better) into an unused sd/usb (with an adapter) slot

iii) start mkusb and select the ionian-ioncore-rpi.<version>.img.xz file that you downloaded and follow the instructions.

iv) once mkusb has finished you can remove the SD Card replace in your RPI system and reboot (note: first boot will take a few minutes to configure the swap file and Ionian user environment).

B) Using DD from the CLI

i) insert your SD Card (16 GB or Larger, Class 6 or better) into an unused sd/usb (with an adapter) slot

ii) Enter the following command at the CLI prompt in the directory you downloaded the USB image into

"sudo xzcat ionian-ioncore-rpi.<version>.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4096 status=progress"

(where X is the letter of your SD Card)

iii) once dd has finished you can remove the SD Card replace in your RPI and reboot

User: pi
Pass: raspberry