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## Installation from a VMDK image

Note: it is not recommened to install from a VMDK image, due to intermittent AMI corruptions. Please consider using a raw image `flatcar_production_ami_image.bin.bz2` instead.
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Is there maybe an issue with some background for this recommendation?

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Note: it is not recommened to install from a VMDK image, due to intermittent AMI corruptions. Please consider using a raw image `flatcar_production_ami_image.bin.bz2` instead.
Note: It is not recommened to install from a VMDK image, due to intermittent AMI corruptions in the AWS import function ([more information in this closed issue](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/840)). Please consider using a raw image `flatcar_production_ami_image.bin.bz2` instead.

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Note: it is not recommened to install from a VMDK image, due to intermittent AMI corruptions. Please consider using a raw image `flatcar_production_ami_image.bin.bz2` instead.
Note: it is not recommended to install from a VMDK image, due to intermittent AMI corruptions. Please consider using a raw image `flatcar_production_ami_image.bin.bz2` instead.


One of the possible ways of installation is to import the generated VMDK Flatcar image as a snapshot. The image file will be in `https://${CHANNEL}.release.flatcar-linux.net/${ARCH}-usr/${VERSION}/flatcar_production_ami_vmdk_image.vmdk.bz2`.
Make sure you download the signature (it's available in `https://${CHANNEL}.release.flatcar-linux.net/${ARCH}-usr/${VERSION}/flatcar_production_ami_vmdk_image.vmdk.bz2.sig`) and check it before proceeding.

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