VERIFY YOUR DOWNLOAD / RASPBERRY PI

Small check.
More confidence.

SHA-256 checksums for Rooster Linux Raspberry Pi. Compare the checksum of your downloaded file with the published value before installation.

PUBLISHED SHA-256

File to verify: rooster-linux-raspi-4-and-5-stable-EN-US-server-v1--2026-07-30-0840.img.gz

b10e81d0151596a531e1e93c4130e00dcd512c43732ae85a4d350c76cb5cf45d

This value is taken from the release’s published checksum file. Verify the compressed download before extracting or flashing it.

HOW TO VERIFY / RASPBERRY PI

Check it before you boot it.

Save the image and its checksum file in the same folder. Open a terminal in that folder.

Linux

Check the downloaded file against the checksum file:

sha256sum -c "rooster-linux-raspi-4-and-5-stable-EN-US-server-v1--2026-07-30-0840.img.gz.sha256"

A successful check ends with OK. If you see FAILED, do not install that file.

macOS

Calculate the checksum, then compare the full 64-character result with the value above:

shasum -a 256 "rooster-linux-raspi-4-and-5-stable-EN-US-server-v1--2026-07-30-0840.img.gz"

Windows

Open Command Prompt in the download folder, calculate the checksum, and compare the full result with the value above:

certutil -hashfile "rooster-linux-raspi-4-and-5-stable-EN-US-server-v1--2026-07-30-0840.img.gz" SHA256

After flashing: the image uses a shared hostname, username, and password. Complete the first-boot setup →

READY FOR THE NEXT STEP?