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Disk Image Writing Software
To create CoreELEC bootable installation media, a software tool is required to format, and write the media to (μ)SD Card or USB Flash Drive.
A 512MB bootable partition will be created for the CoreELEC Operating System. The remaining space is at first boot formatted as storage.
| Bootable Media Creation Tool | Linux | Mac | Windows |
|---|---|---|---|
| USB-SD Creator | X | X | X |
| balenaEtcher | X | X | X |
| UNetbootin | X | X | X |
| USBImager | X | X | X |
| DDRescue / DDRescue-GUI | X | ||
| Disk Utility | X | ||
| Rufus | X | ||
| Other | |||
| SD Card Formatter | X | ||
Rufus versions 3.15 to 3.18 contain code preventing Rufus from assigning a drive letter to the finished CoreELEC drive.
Instead use
| rufus-3.14.exe | 2021-04-30 13:42 1.1M Rufus 3.14 |
| rufus-3.14p.exe | 2021-04-30 13:42 1.1M Rufus 3.14 (Portable Version) |
or manually assign a Drive Letter in Windows Drive Manager.
Support
Team CoreELEC provides no support for 3rd party applications.