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<section id="create-a-bootable-usb-drive-using-etcher">
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<span id="bootable-usb"></span><h1>Create a bootable USB drive using Etcher*<a class="headerlink" href="#create-a-bootable-usb-drive-using-etcher" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<p>Use Etcher* software from Balena* to flash the Clear Linux OS image to a USB drive.
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An <a class="reference internal" href="#advanced-linux-cli">Advanced: Linux CLI</a> option is also available.</p>
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<section id="prerequisites">
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<h2>Prerequisites<a class="headerlink" href="#prerequisites" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<li><p>Download the Clear Linux OS Desktop or Server image from the <a class="reference external" href="https://clearlinux.org/downloads">Downloads</a> page</p></li>
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<li><p>Recommended minimum <strong>4GB</strong> USB drive or larger</p></li>
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<li><p>Download and install the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.balena.io/etcher/">Etcher</a> version per your operating system.</p></li>
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<section id="burn-the-cl-image-onto-a-usb-drive">
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<h3>Burn the Clear Linux OS image onto a USB drive<a class="headerlink" href="#burn-the-cl-image-onto-a-usb-drive" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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<p class="admonition-title">Caution</p>
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<p>Burning an image formats the USB drive and destroys all pre-existing
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content. Back up your data before proceeding.</p>
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<li><p>Launch Etcher.</p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 1: Start screen</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id1" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<li><p>Press <span class="guilabel">Select Image</span>.</p></li>
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<li><p>Change directory to where the image resides.</p></li>
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<li><p>Select the image and click <span class="guilabel">Open</span>.</p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 2: In Open, select the image</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id2" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<li><p>Plug in the USB drive.</p></li>
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<li><p>Identify the USB drive or click <span class="guilabel">Change</span> to select a
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different USB.</p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 3: USB drives attached</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id3" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<li><p>Select the proper device and press <span class="guilabel">Continue</span>.</p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 4: USB Flash Device selected</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id4" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<li><p>When ready press the <span class="guilabel">Flash!</span> Button.
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The dialog shows <span class="guilabel">Flashing</span> while in progress.</p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 5: Starting to flash</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id5" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<a class="reference internal image-reference" href="../_images/balenaEtcher_Flashing.PNG"><img alt="Flashing, percentage complete" src="../_images/balenaEtcher_Flashing.PNG" style="width: 625.0px; height: 375.0px;" />
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 6: Flashing, percentage complete</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id6" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<li><p><span class="guilabel">Flash complete!</span> shows when the process is finished.</p>
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<p><span class="caption-text">Figure 7: Flash Complete!</span><a class="headerlink" href="#id7" title="Link to this image">¶</a></p>
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<p>The process may take more than a few minutes. When the process completes, close BalenaEtcher.</p>
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<section id="advanced-linux-cli">
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<h3>Advanced: Linux CLI<a class="headerlink" href="#advanced-linux-cli" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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<li><p>Open a Terminal window.</p></li>
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<li><p>Change directory to where the image resides.</p></li>
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<li><p>Plug in the USB drive.</p></li>
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<li><p>Identify all drives attached to the system. In the example output below, there are 3 drives (<cite>/dev/sda</cite>, <cite>/dev/sdb</cite>, and <cite>/dev/sdc</cite>) attached, where <cite>/dev/sda</cite> is the primary drive and the remaining are USB drives.</p>
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<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>lsblk<span class="w"> </span>-po<span class="w"> </span>NAME,SIZE,VENDOR,MODEL,TRAN,TYPE,PARTLABEL,MOUNTPOINT
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<p>Example output:</p>
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<div class="highlight-console notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="go">NAME SIZE VENDOR MODEL TRAN TYPE PARTLABEL MOUNTPOINT</span>
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<span class="go">/dev/sda 119.2G ATA SAMSUNG_MZ7PC128HAFU-000 sata disk</span>
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<span class="go">├─/dev/sda1 450M part Basic data partition</span>
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<span class="go">├─/dev/sda2 100M part EFI system partition</span>
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<span class="go">├─/dev/sda3 16M part Microsoft reserved partition</span>
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<span class="go">├─/dev/sda4 97.2G part Basic data partition</span>
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<span class="go">├─/dev/sda5 142M part EFI</span>
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<span class="go">├─/dev/sda6 245M part linux-swap [SWAP]</span>
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<span class="go">└─/dev/sda7 21.1G part / /</span>
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<span class="go">/dev/sdb 7.5G General UDisk usb disk</span>
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<span class="go">└─/dev/sdb1 7.5G part Microsoft Basic Data /run/media/clear/CENA_X64FRE</span>
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<span class="go">/dev/sdc 15G Patriot_Memory usb disk</span>
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<span class="go">└─/dev/sdc1 15G part /run/media/clear/U</span>
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<p>Some Linux distros may automatically mount a USB drive when it is plugged in.</p>
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<li><p>Unmount the USB drive you want to use before burning an image onto it.
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Use the <strong class="command">umount</strong> command followed by the device identifier/partition. For example, to unmount all <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/dev/sdc</span></code> partitions:</p>
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<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>umount<span class="w"> </span>/dev/sdc*
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<li><p>Burn the image onto the USB drive. This example burns an image onto
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<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/dev/sdc</span></code>. The device name of the USB may vary.</p>
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<div class="highlight-bash notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo<span class="w"> </span>dd<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">if</span><span class="o">=</span>./clear-<span class="o">[</span>version<span class="w"> </span>number<span class="o">]</span>-live-<span class="o">[</span>desktop<span class="w"> </span><span class="p">|</span><span class="w"> </span>server<span class="o">]</span>.iso<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">of</span><span class="o">=</span>/dev/sdc<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">oflag</span><span class="o">=</span>sync<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">bs</span><span class="o">=</span>4M<span class="w"> </span><span class="nv">status</span><span class="o">=</span>progress
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<h3>Eject the Clear Linux OS image USB drive<a class="headerlink" href="#eject-the-cl-image-usb-drive" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h3>
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<p>If you do not properly unmount the USB drive before removing it, it may cause file system checksum errors in it. If this happens, burn the image again, ensuring all the USB drive partitions are unmounted first before removing drive.</p>
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<li><p>Unmount the USB per your OS instructions.</p></li>
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