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I just downloaded the Raspberry Pi (rate) image from the PirateBox webpage. I received a zip file containing only one file, called raw_arch_image (no extension).

The zip itself is called ArchLinuxARMv6-2015-06_PirateBox1.0.2_rpi_1.0.5.img.zip There is apparently supposed to be a disk image somewhere in this, how do I write it to an SD card?

Tim
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  • http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup#Flashing_the_SD_Card_using_Linux_.28including_on_a_Pi.21.29 And are you using ubuntu? or windows? – Tim Jun 26 '15 at 13:59
  • @Tim Ubuntu, what did you think? the main issue is that the .zip is being weird. – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 14:02
  • Can you not extract the zip? It has the extension..? – Tim Jun 26 '15 at 14:04
  • @Tim When i extract the zip, I get a file named raw_arch_image. This file is not a disk image, and opens in and freezes notepad. it almost seems like you didn't read the whole question. – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 14:06
  • I'm not telling you to open it in notepad, and i did read the question. How do you know it's not a disk image? – Tim Jun 26 '15 at 14:07
  • @Tim here's the folder with the zip. – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 14:30
  • Right click, extract here? – Tim Jun 26 '15 at 14:33
  • @magi093 that probably is the image? However, I have had similar issues with file roller. Try opening it, and not extracting it with file roller, to see whats inside the zip file? if it has a different name, drag and drop that file in to your folder. Another thing you could try, is using unzip. "unzip BLAH.zip", should unzip the file. – blade19899 Jun 26 '15 at 14:33
  • @Tim How do you think that raw_arch_image_file got there? – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 14:45
  • @blade19899 been there done that got the raw_arch_image_file. – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 14:45
  • right okay... so your issue wasn't extracting. anyway, how do you know that isn't the disk image? I think it is – Tim Jun 26 '15 at 14:47
  • @Tim THIS – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 14:49
  • That. Is. The. Image. http://elinux.org/RPi_Easy_SD_Card_Setup#Using_the_Linux_command_line I undid the edit because you have extracted it, and the issue is not the zip file. – Tim Jun 26 '15 at 14:52
  • @Tim Here goes nothing... – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 15:15
  • @magi093 it is image. just change the extension to .img as zip name says... there is nothing strange about it. And meaning of raw_name_image is: A Raw Disk Image contains an exact, sector-by-sector copy of a single partition or disk. The .img filename extension is used by disk image files, which contain raw dumps of a magnetic disk or of an optical disc – RiddleMeThis Jun 26 '15 at 15:56
  • Also http://elinux.org provide a "How to" make bootable SD... and if you can`t figure out how... And why the hell would you open Image in notepad? I would start with something easier, if I were you ;) – RiddleMeThis Jun 26 '15 at 16:09
  • @MiHa the notepad was just me double clicking the file like the noob that I am. :P – c-x-berger Jun 26 '15 at 16:51
  • @magi093 any ISO mounter should be able to mount the file, even if it has not an extension :). About burning it to USB/SD: http://askubuntu.com/questions/59551/how-to-burn-a-iso-to-a-usb-device (it is applicable to Linux and .img format as well) - on 99% this thread should be enough – RiddleMeThis Jun 26 '15 at 17:09

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The file without an extension inside your zip file is the image file. It just has no extension.

I assure you it has extracted correctly.

Tim
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