etcher README

The project's README from github.com/balena-io/etcher. As one markdown file: README.md.

Etcher

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher built with web technologies to ensure flashing an SDCard or USB drive is a pleasant and safe experience. It protects you from accidentally writing to your hard-drives, ensures every byte of data was written correctly, and much more. It can also directly flash Raspberry Pi devices that support USB device boot mode.

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Supported Operating Systems

Installers

Refer to the downloads page for the latest pre-made installers for all supported operating systems.

Packages

Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

Package for Debian and Ubuntu can be downloaded from the Github release page

Install .deb file using apt
   sudo apt install ./balena-etcher_******_amd64.deb
Uninstall
   sudo apt remove balena-etcher

Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora-based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

Yum

Package for Fedora-based and Redhat can be downloaded from the Github release page

  1. Install using yum
   sudo yum localinstall balena-etcher-***.x86_64.rpm

Arch/Manjaro Linux (GNU/Linux x64)

Etcher is offered through the Arch User Repository and can be installed on both Manjaro and Arch systems. You can compile it from the source code in this repository using balena-etcher. The following example uses a common AUR helper to install the latest release:

yay -S balena-etcher
Uninstall
yay -R balena-etcher

WinGet (Windows)

This package is updated by gh-action, and is kept up to date automatically.

winget install balenaEtcher #or Balena.Etcher
Uninstall
winget uninstall balenaEtcher

Chocolatey (Windows)

This package is maintained by @majkinetor, and is kept up to date automatically.

choco install etcher
Uninstall
choco uninstall etcher

Support

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue on GitHub, and the balena.io team will be happy to help.

License

Etcher is free software and may be redistributed under the terms specified in the license.

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这是干什么的?Etcher 是一款开源的系统镜像写入工具:它能把操作系统镜像安全地写入 SD 卡和 U 盘,只需点击几下就能做成可启动的安装盘。
它是带图形界面的桌面软件,还是命令行工具?它是一个基于 Web 技术(Electron)开发的桌面图形界面软件——在普通窗口里选镜像和目标盘就行,完全不需要用终端。
如果我选错了,会不会有覆盖错磁盘的风险?防止写错盘正是它设计的核心:Etcher 会保护你的硬盘不被误写,而且写入完成后还会逐字节校验,确认数据都写对了。
在 Apple Silicon 的 Mac 上能用吗?可以——macOS 10.13 High Sierra 及更高版本同时支持 Intel 和 Apple Silicon 芯片。Windows 需要 10 或更高版本(Intel 64 位),Linux 的大多数发行版也能运行(Intel 64 位)。
Etcher 是免费的吗,有没有付费版本?完全免费,是按 Apache-2.0 许可证发布的开源软件。
能给树莓派刷机而不用把 SD 卡拔出来吗?可以——支持 USB 设备启动模式的树莓派开发板可以直接通过 USB 刷写,不需要读卡器。
为什么不直接用 dd,而要用 Etcher?卖点就是安全:它能防止写错盘,并对数据的每个字节进行校验,所以刷写失败或目标选错都不会在不知不觉中蒙混过关。
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