Add Raspberry Pi Imager OS-list as the easiest install path#2
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The forty-two-watts repo now ships a Raspberry Pi Imager content-repository JSON (deploy/imager/os_list.json), so users can add it as a custom OS list and flash "Forty-Two Watts" straight from Imager — which SHA-verifies the image and exposes the hostname / WiFi / SSH customisation panel a bare .img.xz loaded via "Use custom" cannot. - New first Install box: "Raspberry Pi Imager" (easiest) - Retag the manual .img.xz box from "easiest" to "manual", reworded as the flash-by-hand alternative - "Four ways in" -> "Five ways in" - Add the rpi-imager --repo .../releases/latest/download/os_list.json one-liner to the command block Co-authored-by: HuggeK <[email protected]>
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forty-two-wattsrepo now ships a Raspberry Pi Imager content-repository JSON (deploy/imager/os_list.json). Pointing Imager at it makes "Forty-Two Watts" show up in the OS list, so users can flash the SD-card image directly from Imager — which SHA-verifies the write and exposes the hostname / WiFi / SSH OS-customisation panel that a bare.img.xzloaded via Use custom doesn't get.This adds that route to the Install section as the new first box (the easiest path), and keeps the manual
.img.xzinstructions as a second box.Changes
App Options → Content Repository → EDIT → Use custom file, then pick Forty-Two Watts from the OS list.rpi-imager --repo …/releases/latest/download/os_list.jsonone-liner to the command block.Repo URL users paste / pass to Imager
releases/latest/download/...always redirects to the newest release's renderedos_list.jsonasset, so the URL stays valid across versions. Source & rationale:deploy/imager/README.mdinfrahlg/forty-two-watts.🤖 Generated with Claude Code