How to stop cloudinit confusing me in rpi-imager?

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I just created a new USB image for a 'clean' Pi 4B. What I got was a repeat of the last one I created several months ago with the previous hostname, username, password and so on.

I'm beginning to think that rpi-imager is too clever for its own good.

I also find that the way it asks about customisation is totally misleading. If you answer 'Yes' to "Would you like to apply OS cusotmisation settings" then you'd expect it to then ask what you want to do. What it **actually** means is do you want to apply the settings it has remembered that you did several months ago! Not to mention that 'No, clear settings' and 'No' are rather confusing.

There should be some sort of help to clarify all this.

Maybe I'll just go back to using 'dd', much more straightforward! :-)

Joerg Walther · Accepted Answer

You must be talking about the latest version (1.9.*). I have also used this a couple of times in the last weeks and on the one hand found it as irritating as you did, otoh it was ideal for testing a couple of images of the same OS under various conditions.

I think the imager is a bit more comfortable and saves you a bit of time (touch ssh and all that), but of course this is up to you. :)

-jw-

The Natural Philosopher · Answer

I agree with that. I don't habitually use the imager, because now I have a screen and keyboard ready to set everything up using raspi-config

But I tried it once and its 'ok' .

The real easy street is to buy an SD card with the OS preinstalled.

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Just like Winders, it's there already!

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