Flashing the SD Card using Windows

[INFO] This part of the guide assumes that you already followed the first part of the Quick start guide.

Intro

The SD card will be the home for your unit's Operating System. This installation will flash the RuneOS onto the card, along with formatting the card to a bootable state. This is different than copying the image onto the drive, but similar and almost as easy.

[INFO] We recommend removing all other USB devices at this time to avoid confusion during flashing.

Procedure using USB Image Tool

  • Download and install the latest version of USB Image Tool.
  • Insert your card into the card reader, the card reader into your USB port, and check which drive letter it has been assigned.
  • Run USB Image Tool (your computer may ask you to agree to run the program - click Yes).
  • From the top left pull-down menu, choose Device mode.

USB Image Tool

  • In the left panel choose your SD card.

[WARNING] Double-check your card's drive letter! Choosing the wrong drive will likely result in data loss or even worse harm to your computer.

  • Choose the Favorites tab.
  • Click the Add button and browse to the RuneAudio image file. You may also choose to use the still-compressed file. Simply click the drop down menu near the bottom of the browse screen, choose Compressed (gzip) image files or All Files and choose which image you wish to flash.
  • In the Favorites screen, click to highlight the image you wish to flash and then click Restore. The write may take a while, so don't panic.
  • When write has completed, close the program, and properly eject your drive.
  • You are now ready to plug your SD card into your device. Easy, right?

Procedure using Win32DiskWriter

  • Download and install the latest version of Win32DiskImager.
  • Insert your card into the card reader, the card reader into your USB port, and check which drive letter it has been assigned.
  • Run Win32DiskWriter (your computer may ask you to agree to run the program - click Yes).
  • Click the folder icon and browse to your RuneOS image file.

Win32DiskWriter

  • Under Device choose your SD card from the drop-down menu.

[WARNING] Double-check your card's drive letter! Choosing the wrong drive will likely result in data loss or even worse harm to your computer.

  • Click Write. The write may take a while, so don't panic.
  • When write has completed, close the program, and properly eject your drive.
  • You are now ready to plug your SD card into your device. Easy, right

Ready to get listening? Let's plug stuff in!

Having Issues? Head on over to Troubleshooting for some help.

Notes

Larger cards, once written, will only show ~2GB worth of space, taken up by the file system. This is simply because RuneAudio uses a file format which is not visible in Windows.

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