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-====== Flashing OS from a Windows PC ====== +~~REDIRECT>en:sw:05-tools:balenaetcher~~
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-The OS image can be written to an SD card /*or USB flash drive*/ using the open-source BalenaEtcher utility and then run on Unipi devices. +
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-You can download BalenaEtcher from [[https://​www.balena.io/​etcher/​|official web pages]]. +
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-<​html><​span class="​tagging dev-neuron">​Neuron</​span></​html>​ \\ +
-<​html><​span class="​tagging dev-unipi11">​Unipi&​nbsp1.1</​span></​html>​ +
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-**Caution!** \\ Extreme caution is essential when choosing a disc. Selecting the wrong storage medium could result in data loss on a medium other than the desired one (SD card /*/USB flash drive*/). +
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-===== Flashing OS image from a file ===== +
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-When running BalenaEtcher,​ there are three options in the main menu, selecting the first **Flash from file** will bring up a file explorer to select a disk image. This disk image can either be directly in ***.img** format, or it can be packaged in a ZIP archive, as available [[en:​files:​software:​os-images:​00-start?​tns|in our Knowledge Base]].  +
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-{{ :en:sw:03-3rd-party:​balena-etcher:​balena_documentation_01_main_window.png?​direct |}} +
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-After successful selection of the OS image, the next option **Select target** is possible to select a suitable storage. When selecting, please note the caution [[#​flashing_os_from_a_windows_pc| in the introduction of the article]].  +
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-{{ :​en:​sw:​03-3rd-party:​balena-etcher:​balena_documentation_02_select_target.png?​direct |}} +
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-Flashing the OS image to storage will start after clicking on **Flash!** +
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-===== Flashing OS image from an URL ===== +
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-BalenaEtcher also allows you to upload an OS image directly from a URL link to an **.img** or **.zip** file (with an OS image). In the main menu there is a choice of **Flash from URL**. +
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-The field labeled **Enter a valid URL** (under the heading **Use Image URL**) is used to enter the address of the OS image. If the image source requires a login credentials,​ a username and password can be entered in the **Authentication** section. +
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-The selection of the suitable storage to which the OS image is to be written is possible by checking the checkbox. When selecting, please note the caution [[#​nahrani_os_z_windows_pc| in the introduction of the article]]. ​  +
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-Flashing the OS image to storage will start after clicking on **Flash!** +
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-{{ :​en:​sw:​03-3rd-party:​balena-etcher:​balena_documentation_07_url_flash.png?​direct |}} +
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-===== Cloning a disk with an OS image ===== +
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-The last option in BalenaEtcher is to clone the storage. Cloning is especially useful for creating a backup before the final placement of the Unipi device and start of operation. In the main menu, this is the third option **Clone drive**. +
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-The selection of source storage will appear. When selecting, please note the caution [[#​nahrani_os_z_windows_pc| in the introduction of the article]]. ​  +
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-{{ :​en:​sw:​03-3rd-party:​balena-etcher:​balena_documentation_09_cloning_source.png?​direct |}} +
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-To select a target storage (or multiple storages), click **Select target**. When selecting, please note the caution [[#​nahrani_os_z_windows_pc| in the introduction of the article]].  +
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-Flashing the OS image to storage will start after clicking on **Flash!** +
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- ===== Before running the OS on a Unipi device===== +
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-After finishing the flash, or after the storage drive is reinserted into the PC, Windows OS may detect the SD card /*/USB flash drive*/ as a new storage device that it cannot recognize and may request their formatting. Close the formatting prompt by clicking on **Cancel**.  +
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-The Windows OS may also display notification that the storage is unavailable. This message can be ignored. +
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-If the image has been successfully flashed to a storage, the storage will be identified with the name **boot** when re-inserted into the PC. +
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-If the Mervis OS has been flashed on the storage, there is one last step possible: enabling SSH. The easiest way to do this is to create a file called **ssh.txt**,​ or just **ssh** without the suffix, in the main **boot** directory of the storage. Alternatively,​ SSH can be activated directly in the Mervis IDE by changing the RunTime configuration,​ see section [[en:​sw:​01-mervis:​updating-a-runtime-configuration-hidden#​unipi_specific|Uploading a RunTime configuration (RT) - unipi specific]]. For non-Mervis OS, the SSH connection is enabled by default and does not need to be enabled in this way. +
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-After SSH is enabled, you can connect with, for example, [[en:​files:​software:​tools:putty-hidden|Putty]].  +
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-If SSH is enabled, **[[en:​automation:​securing-os-ssh-hidden|the operating system must be secured]]**,​ otherwise unauthorized interference may occur! +
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-===== Running the OS on a Unipi device ===== +
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-At this moment, the OS is ready on a storage (with SSH enabled). After removing it from the computer, the storage can be inserted into the Unipi device. +
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-Disk storage can **ONLY** be inserted when the device power supply is unplugged! +
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-Insert the disk storage devices with its back up into the slot (i.e. the gold connectors towards the technician). Plug the power supply in. +
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-Booting the device with the newly flashed OS will take a little longer - about 2 minutes. This is due to the necessary configuration of the OS. +
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