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Raspberry Pi first boot

Run arbitrary code on an RPi with a pristine Raspbian image by editing only the /boot volume. Use this for a first boot script.

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# AudienceWe should keep in mind that the audience for this project is students and educators (for whom the Raspberry Pi was originally designed) who are likely to be using Windows or Mac and do not have access to Linux.# JustificationThere are countless threads asking how to set up a headless RPi without a Linux host. (While I share the "just use Linux" sentiment, I am sympathetic to educators and parents who would rather just "do nothing at all" than to put that much effort into helping a student use their RPi.)# GoalGive RPi setup instructions in the form of:1. Use Etcher.io to burn a fresh Raspbian image.2. Expand this [tiny] zip file and put the contents into the BOOT volume.# MethodAny combination of:1. Modify the cmdline.txt file to use a different `init=`2. Modify the cmdline.txt file to pass arguments to the standard (systemd) init3. Temporarily replace the init binary wit ha custom wr

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