Making amicroSDHC

The image can be directly written to a microSDHC using a utility likedd,but we preferddrescue(from thegddrescue,forexample:

sudo apt-get install gddrescue xz-utils
unxz ubuntu-mate-16.04.2-desktop-armhf-raspberry-pi.img.xz
sudo ddrescue -D --force ubuntu-mate-16.04.2-desktop-armhf-raspberry-pi.img /dev/sdx

The microSDHC may be presented on any/dev/sdXso use the commandlsblktocheck.

If you prefer a graphical tool we recommend usingGNOME Disksand theRestore Disk Image…option,which natively supports XZ compressed images.

sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility