Prerequisites for Running Photon OS on Raspberry Pi 3

Before you use Photon OS within RPi3, perform the following prerequisite tasks:

1. Verify that you have the following resources:

   Resource	Description
   Raspberry Pi 3	Raspberry Pi 3 Model B or Model B+ board. This will serve as the target of the installation.
   Host computer	A computer equipped with the following: 1. An SD card reader. 2. Software utilities to flash an image onto an SD-card (details and instructions provided below).
   Distribution File	Photon OS RPi3 image downloaded from bintray Note: Photon OS RPi3 image is available only from Photon 3.0 onwards.

2. Download Photon OS.

   To install Photon OS on a Raspberry Pi 3, you must download the Photon OS RPi3 image, which is distributed as a compressed raw disk image with the file extension .raw.xz.

   Note: You cannot use the Photon ISO to install on RPi3.

   Go to the following bintray URL and download the latest release of Photon OS image for RPi3: https://bintray.com/vmware/photon/3.0#files/3.0%2FBeta%2Frpi3.

   For instructions, see Downloading Photon OS.