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The download for the Pi versions will come in the form of a compressed image, 
which can be written directly to an SD card. To get the process going, open up 
Etcher, which we downloaded in an earlier step. Once Etcher is open, click 
Flash 
from file
:
Figure 1.28: Etcher, ready for action
Now, choose 
the file that was downloaded earlier and 
select 
Open
:
Figure 1.29: Selecting the file to use to write to the SD card

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Next, go ahead and insert an SD card into your computer that will become dedicated 
to Ubuntu Server. Etcher will completely erase the SD card, so make sure you don't 
care about any data that may be on it. If your computer does not have an SD card 
slot, you can use a USB card reader. If the proper device isn't selected, you can 
click 
Select target
 to choose the SD card to use, as shown in 
Figure 1.28
. Then click 
Continue
:
Figure 1.30: Choosing an SD card to use with Etcher for the Raspberry Pi

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