This should work on any Linux distribution. Now, just double-click on the AppImage file to launch balenaEtcher! Next, click on “ Allow executing as a program” under the Permissions tab as shown in the image below. You need to give the file permissions to execute and you can do that by right-clicking on the AppImage file -> Properties. You can go through our guide on using AppImage files on Linux, but I’ll give you a head start on what you need to do next. In my case, I got the 64-bit AppImage file for Ubuntu. You just need to head on to its homepage and download the one for your system (32-bit/64-bit): To get started, you have to grab the AppImage file that it offers (suitable for any Linux distribution) from its official website. It is also exciting to know that they plan to add the support simultaneous writing to multiple devices as per their roadmap. On paper, you get everything one would need to flash OS images on an SD card and a USB drive. Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, and Linux).Auto-detects USB drive/SD card to prevent wiping the HDD on your computer.Before I do that, let me give you an overview of the features it offers: Features of Etcher
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In this article, I will be focusing on the steps to help you install Etcher on Linux. Not just limited to SD Cards, you can also use Etcher to make a bootable USB drive just like we created a live USB of Manjaro in Linux with the help of it.Įver since its first release, Etcher caught the attention for its neat interface and simplicity of use.
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In fact, we used it in our tutorial on how to install Raspbian OS on a SD Card.
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Standard explorer in windows doesn't register those as write-able disks and rather as cd-roms and won't let me format it.)Ĭmon dude, don't put these kind of "stay away" PSAs without even asking around about it first.Etcher: An open source tool to flash Linux ISO on SD Cards & USB drivesĮtcher is an open-source project by Balena to help flash SD cards for Raspberry Pi. One I can think of is, if I have made a multipartition, bootable drive, sometimes only rufus can format it to make it non bootable. I think while etcher is more simple than rufus, Rufus provides more option. When you install it in iso mode, it detects it is not an exact copy of the installation media and refuses to proceed.
I am not exactly sure why but it has to do something with the installer checking if the installer came from good source. Archlinux and endeavour doesn't (gave me that hardware error) and requires the iso to be written in DD image mode. The message says, in anycase if iso mode doesn't work, write it in dd mode.įrom what I have tested, Pop and elementary has worked in iso mode (sometime it might not). It even notifies you about this when you try to write an iso to a flash drive. You can still write on the flashdrive if you create a new partition out of the unused space.ĭepending on iso image, some works with iso-hybrid some don't. In my experience, rufus has two different mode that it can write an iso image on usb drive: ISO hybrid image mode and disk image mode.įrom what I understand, ISO hybrid image mode is kinda like persistent, It allows you to still write on the partition where iso is burned.ĭD image is like it burns a cd rom (exact clone/copy).
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