which rpi4 image? factory vs sysupgrade

[nmz787]

Maybe I am too out-of-touch with raspi terminology, but which image do I download from the releases? Is that listed on the instructions page (where is that??)? Do I need to use one first, then the other?

I already use linux, can I just dd if=~/Download/the_image of=/dev/mmcblk0 those image files to a microSD card (the drive itself, not a partition)? Sometimes I've had issues with my laptop's SD card slot, and need to use a USB adapter instead (which is just slower, and probably irrelevant to this discussion).

P.S. I've got a raspi 400 kit in the mail, should be here in 3 days.

[bt61]

"Tutorial" section:

Tutorial: Prepare an SD card for the Raspberry Pi 4

1. Download the file "smoothwan-0.99.6-bcm27xx-bcm2711-rpi-4-ext4-factory.img.gz" from below.
2. Download and install balenaEtcher from balena.io

https://github.com/TalalMash/SmoothWAN/releases/tag/0.99.6-hotfix

[nmz787]

I had to search the first line of your quote to find where you actually mean... and I could only find it as an expandable section of one of the old release notes! That info definitely needs copied to the wiki.

Also, looks like balena is equivalent to dd plus a re-read verification step:
balena-io/etcher#3015

Thanks!

[TalalMash]

Copied to Wiki.
Thanks.