# Options to flash ssd on jetson Orin nano without Linux host computer

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**Category:** Jetson Orin Nano\
**Tags:** boot, ubuntu, jetson\
**Created:** [December 11, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/options-to-flash-ssd-on-jetson-orin-nano-without-linux-host-computer/316559 "2024-12-11T21:54:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![samuel-lu](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@samuel-lu](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/samuel-lu)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/options-to-flash-ssd-on-jetson-orin-nano-without-linux-host-computer/316559/1 "2024-12-11T21:54:04Z")

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I recently bought a jetson Orin nano developer kit and need to flash the ssd for initial start up but I don’t have a Linux host computer and I’m not sure what would be the best alternative approach.  
Any help would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![foxsquirrel1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/foxsquirrel1/32/384571_2.png) [@foxsquirrel1](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/foxsquirrel1)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/options-to-flash-ssd-on-jetson-orin-nano-without-linux-host-computer/316559/2 "2024-12-12T21:02:26Z")

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> [@samuel-lu](#):
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> would be the best alternative approach.

I use rpi-imager, go into custom and select your image. Have not done boot NVMe on the nano yet, on the other boards we use a usb to NVMe drive adapter and the SD cards a simple SD to usb adapter. We don’t use windows, I am fairly confident pi has a windows version.

Until you get it dialed in it is much better to boot on SD card and mount NVMe for working.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/system/32/68080_2.png) [@system](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/options-to-flash-ssd-on-jetson-orin-nano-without-linux-host-computer/316559/3 "2024-12-26T21:02:29Z")

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Closed on December 26, 2024, 9:02pm UTC

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