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Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (echo "source ~/catkin_ws/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy ((I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/setup.bash ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

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Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial here - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff.

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial here - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff.

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Trying to get the link to work...

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial here - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff.

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial here - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff.

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial here [http://www.ros.org/wiki/asctec_mav_framework/Tutorials/Raspberry%20Pi%20Setup here] - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff.stuff. You will most likely only want the first steps.

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial [http://www.ros.org/wiki/asctec_mav_framework/Tutorials/Raspberry%20Pi%20Setup here] tutorial: http://www.ros.org/wiki/asctec_mav_framework/Tutorials/Raspberry%20Pi%20Setup (humm... in the preview the link worked, but for the final version, it is parsed completely different. Funny!) - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff. You will most likely only want the first steps.

Thanks so much to balto and davinci!

The download balto indicated (http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=6552&p=354127) is a little cumbersome (the fourth attempt did finally work w/o a CRC error), but the image itself works like a charm. Of course, the setup.bash needs to be sourced to use groovy (I used source /opt/ros/groovy/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/setup.bash and echo "source ~/catkin_ws/devel/setup.bash >> ~/.bashrc, the latter may be sufficient, followed by the usual source ~/.bashrc), but WiFi works instantly (with a Realtek-Chipset on the WiFi dongle). It does, however, barely fit on a 16GB SD card. As stated on the RPi forum, one might want to remove the two swapfiles used during compilation from "/" (sudo rm /swapfile*) to gain around 4GB of space.

EDIT: After some hazzle with the Image a I swapped over to a stock image and installed ROS using a repository. The steps taken are described in a tutorial: http://www.ros.org/wiki/asctec_mav_framework/Tutorials/Raspberry%20Pi%20Setup (humm... in the preview the link worked, but for the final version, it is parsed completely different. Funny!) - it does not lead to a full ROS install, but should work for most basic stuff. You will most likely only want the first steps.