Where is the splash screen that is 'so easy' to install ?

stevesculptor · June 30, 2022, 1:02am

I’ve downloaded both Linux and Etcher for Linux (for another PC I’m building) I’m using a PC with Windows 10, Both these are on a flash drive. Where do I go from here ?

mpous · June 30, 2022, 9:25am

Hey @stevesculptor welcome to the balena community!

If you are using Windows 10 you will need Etcher for Windows. Could you please try to download?

stevesculptor · June 30, 2022, 10:27am

I am using Windows 10, but I have downloaded Linux for another computer build.

Stephen

mpous · June 30, 2022, 10:28am

What problem do you have?

stevesculptor · June 30, 2022, 11:42am

I’ve downloaded both Linux and Etcher for Linux (for another PC I’m building) to do this I’m using a PC with Windows 10, this splash screen supposed to appear
Screenshot 2022-06-30 184540

Where is it?
What do I do next?
Thx

nitish · June 30, 2022, 1:00pm

@stevesculptor - As my colleague mentioned, you’d need Etcher for Windows to flash a USB drive with linux distro you downloaded. The Etcher for Windows can be installed like any other windows app and once opened will show you the flashscreen you shared above.

Let us know if you run into any issues flashing the drive.

stevesculptor · July 1, 2022, 1:31am

If it’s going to another device, is it the portable version I’m downloading ?

Stephen

anujdeshpande · July 1, 2022, 5:45am

If you are going to create the flashable USB on your Windows machine - you need to download Etcher for Windows. If you are going to create the flashable image on a Linux machine, you have to download etcher for linux.

nitish · July 1, 2022, 6:41am

Etcher can be downloaded as a portable package if you are looking to keep a single file for temporary use. If you plan on using this as normal windows app you can use the installer here. This is independent of the USB device or the use of software.

I found this article which provide a bit more insight into portable v/s installer: Difference between portable and installer software

stevesculptor · July 2, 2022, 2:36am

I’ve downloaded the Etcher for windows. as you said, so I have this splash screen.

I’ve also downloaded Etcher for Linux (for another PC) it’s on my Windows PC,
What’s next?

stevesculptor · July 2, 2022, 8:08am

What is this ?

otaviojacobi · July 4, 2022, 11:30am

Hello,
In order to create a bootable USB containg Linux you have to flash the Linux image (ISO) into your USB. Which file did you use to create the USB drive? It should be something similar to ubuntu-22.04-desktop-amd64.iso if you are trying to download Linux Ubuntu, for example.

stevesculptor · August 6, 2022, 12:58am

After building my PC, I didn’t see a sentence on Etcher that said ‘You can’t put Linux direct to a PC’ which is what I got confused about, Thx.