Raspberry Pi 5 Setup: 

1. Flash Pi OS Lite onto Micro SD Card

   1. Customisation Setup: 

      1. Create a hostname for your pi

      2. Set region and time zone

      3. Create user and password

      4. Enable SSH

2. SSH into the Pi after installing Micro SD card

   1. Find the IP address of the Pi on your home network

   2. Open Putty and SSH into the Pi

3. Update and upgrade Raspberry Pi software

   1. Run the command sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y in the SSH terminal

Open Media Vault Installation:

Note: an Ethernet connection is REQUIRED to install OMV

1. Install OMV (Open Media Vault) on the Raspberry Pi

   1. Navigate to the omv webpage and follow the steps to installing OMV. https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv7:raspberry_pi_install

   2. Copy the following line complete (Ctrl+C) and paste it into PuTTY's SSH window, with a right mouse click. Then hit Enter.

      1. Run the command wget -O - https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/raw/master/install | sudo bash

Enable PCIE port on Pi:

1. After installing OMV and obtaining the new IP address of the Pi, SSH into the Pi again and type the command: sudo nano /boot/firmware/config.txt

2. Scroll down with arrow keys in the config file and add: 

   1. # Enable PCIe Port

   2. dtparam=pciex1

   3. dtparam=pciex1_gen=3

3. press Ctrl + X to exit. The Pi will ask if you want to save. Hit Y.

4. Check that the PCIe port is enabled and running at PCIe gen 3 speeds (8 GT/s) by using the command: sudo lspci -vv

   1. Use the command lsblk to see the installed drives.

Enable Static IP Address

Open Media Vault: 

1. Access OMV by typing in the IP address of the Pi into your web browser. OMV's web dashboard will show up. The default login:

   1. User: admin

   2. password: openmediavault