This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to write an image to an SD card using Balena Etcher. Balena Etcher is a user-friendly and open-source tool designed for flashing operating system images to SD cards, USB drives, and other removable storage devices. It simplifies the process of writing images to storage media like sd-cards.
Prerequisites
Download and install Balena Etcher on your computer:
Insert the SD card into your computer's SD card reader.
Launch Balena Etcher on your computer.
This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to write an image to an SD card using the dd command on a Linux system.
Prerequisites:
Insert the SD card into your computer's SD card reader.
Open a terminal and run the following command to list connected storage devices:
lsblk
Identify your SD card device from the list. It will typically be something like /dev/sdX
, where X
is a letter corresponding to your SD card.
Run the dd
command to write the image to the SD card. Replace /path/to/image.wic
with the path to your image file, and /dev/sdX
with your SD card device:
sudo dd if=/path/to/image.wic of=/dev/sdX conv=fsync bs=1M status=progress
This command reads the image file (if
) and writes it to the SD card device (of
). The status=progress
option provides real-time progress information.
After dd
completes, run the following command to sync and ensure all data is written to the SD card:
sudo sync
Eject the SD card from your computer:
sudo eject /dev/sdX
The SD card is now ready for use.