Flashing with Linux or Windows

To flash the image with Linux or Windows, perform the following steps:

Insert a micro-SD card into the computer through a micro-SD card reader, or by a built-in card reader on a laptop.
Download the latest Debian image from: this link.
Extract the .bz2 file.
The image downloaded is in an img.bz2 compressed format. To extract the image, you will need to use a tool like 7-Zip in Windows/Linux or bzip2 command.
For bzip2, you can use the following command, this command will remove the original img.bz2 file. :
```
bzip2 -d <filename>.img.bz2
```
To preserve the original file, you will need to use:
```
bzip2 -dk <filename>.img.bz2
```
Visit this link to download BalenaEtcher. We will use BalenaEtcher software to flash the Debian image to a micro-SD card.
Install BalenaEtcher and open it.

Figure 1. Install BalenaEtcher
Click Flash from file and select the location of the image where we just unzipped the following file:

starfive-jh7110S-VF2-Lite-<Version>.img
Tip: <Version> indicates the version number of the Debian image.
Click Select target and select the connected micro-SD card.
Click Flash! to start the flash task.