rpi-imager Command Examples

Flash images onto storage devices. More information: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-imager.

• Write a specific image to a specific block device:

rpi-imager --cli {{path/to/image.zip}} {{/dev/sdX}}

• Write a specific image to a block device, disabling the checksum verification:

rpi-imager --cli --disable-verify {{path/to/image.zip}} {{/dev/sdX}}

• Write a specific image to a block device, which will expect a specific checksum when running the verification:

rpi-imager --cli --sha256 {{expected_hash}} {{path/to/image.zip}} {{/dev/sdX}}