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Description

Instructions on https://pureos.net/download/ fail for some users, due to a recent rebranding of Etcher and/or the usage of AppImage as a delivery mechanism on GNU/Linux.

Current instructions:

Creating an Install Drive

* Download Etcher for your current operating system.
* Open Etcher.
* Select the PureOS ISO file you downloaded.
* Select the USB drive you want to turn into an install drive.
* Click "Flash!"
* The USB drive is now an install drive!
* Follow the [installation steps](https://tracker.pureos.net/w/installation_guide/live_system_installation/) to install PureOS

Suggested update:

Creating an Install Drive

* [Download and Install Etcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) for your current operating system.
   * If you run into difficulties, try these [alternate instructions](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher).
* Open Etcher.
* Select the PureOS ISO file you downloaded.
* Select the USB drive you want to turn into an install drive.
* Click "Flash!"
* The USB drive is now an install drive!
* Follow the [installation steps](https://tracker.pureos.net/w/installation_guide/live_system_installation/) to install PureOS

Small screenshots might be worthwhile here as well.

Event Timeline

Here are two screenshots of etcher.

sean.obrien added a comment.EditedJan 26 2019, 20:49

thanks @sriram.ramkrishna! slight tweaks that make these more OS-agnostic and (hopefully) future-proof: