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Expand Up @@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ There are multiple ways to deploy the image to your board. The easiest and most

### Flash to SD Card

[Armbian imager](/User-Guide_Armbian-Config/System/#download-and-flash) works on any device running **Armbian** or any compatible **Debian/Ubuntu** system and can download, flash and verify.

Write the **.xz compressed image** with a tool like [USBImager](https://gitlab.com/bztsrc/usbimager) onto your **micro-SD card** or **USB drive** (if booting from it is supported). Unlike other tools, it can validate written data **saving you from corrupted SD card contents**.

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Congratulation. You have successfully installed Armbian onto your board!

## Flashing Armbian images from a running system

!!! note
Armbian also provides a tool to **download, verify, and flash OS images** directly to SD cards, USB drives, eMMC, SSD, or NVMe storage — without using another computer.

This is useful when:

- preparing new boot media
- reinstalling or recovering a broken system
- switching to another Armbian variant or kernel branch

[The tool](/User-Guide_Armbian-Config/System/#download-and-flash) works on any device running **Armbian** or any compatible **Debian/Ubuntu** system.

## Update the system

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