If you have any questions, feel free to use the comments section. On top of that, it is also quite faster than the other methods. It has a beautiful interface, works well, works on everything, and has a satisfying result. Validation ConclusionĮtcher makes one of the most common tasks of a Linux enthusiast easy.
Flashing beginsĪs seen in the screenshot below, the validation is also done after the flashing completes. Enter the password, and the flashing process will begin. This will prompt you for the administrator password.
Now the next step is to proceed and choose the desired removable drive option by clicking on ‘Select Target.’ 3. Choose the image file by clicking ‘Select Image.’ Selecting an image file 2. The first prompt on Etcher is to choose the location of the image file of the operating system to be flashed. This can be in various formats, most commonly ISO, IMG, Zip, etc. Make sure that you have the image of the operating system. Once installed, the usage is the same, which we will be discussing in the next section.
In the download page, click on the drop-down list and select your OS accordingly. Windows and macOS users can create a Linux Live USB drive from their system too. You can find the download link to the AppImage right here on the official website.
The AppImage file is standalone and runs on pretty much any distribution. There are only DEB and RPM specific packages available, so for other distributions, Etcher has an AppImage file.
Install Etcher on Linux Ubuntu/Debian and their derivatives To make things better, Etcher also lists the storage space of the device, along with the name for better distinction. It happens many times that accidentally, the flashing gets done to hard drives or some device that you don’t want to use. Drive SelectionĮtcher chooses one of the external storage devices by itself, and it is generally the obvious choice of a USB drive, according to the storage space. The validation process prevents that to a large extent. This is helpful because often, it is found that the flashed drive is corrupt while attempting to boot from it. After the image has been flashed to the USB drive or the SD card, Etcher runs a validation process that confirms that the flashing has been done correctly. There are small buttons for opening up the preferences window, and to get help on the top right corner. Select Target: To select which of the external drives is to be used to create the bootable drive.Select Image: To select the location of the image of the operating system that you want to create a bootable drive.There are only three buttons in the window: Although Etcher, it has a pretty minimal interface. Historically, bootable drive creators have been not so good looking, complicated, and overall an unpleasant experience. The interface is the most fantastic thing about Etcher. Etcher can also be used to flash SD cards, like for the Raspberry Pi operating systems.
We have recommended on multiple articles to use Ether to create a live USB drive. Etcher FeaturesĮtcher has recently become very popular in the Linux community, due to its simplistic nature. Now, there are different methods of creating a live USB, but we’re going to talk about a particular program today: Etcher.