# 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: <table style="height: 170px;" border="1" width="157" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10"> <tbody> <tr> <td><b>Resource</b></td> <td><b>Description</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Raspberry Pi 3</td> <td>Raspberry Pi 3 Model B or Model B+ board. This will serve as the target of the installation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Host computer</td> <td> <p>A computer equipped with the following:</p> <p>1. An SD card reader. <p>2. Software utilities to flash an image onto an SD-card (details and instructions provided below).</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Distribution File</td> <td>Photon OS RPi3 image downloaded from <a href="https://bintray.com/vmware/photon/3.0#files/3.0%2FBeta%2Frpi3">bintray</a> <br> <p><b>Note</b>: Photon OS RPi3 image is available only from Photon 3.0 onwards.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> 1. 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](https://bintray.com/vmware/photon/3.0#files/3.0%2FBeta%2Frpi3). For instructions, see [Downloading Photon OS](Downloading-Photon-OS.md).