Flashing Linux to SD Card - Revision history

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dd if=file.img of=/dev/sdx bs=4M status=progress

where /dev/sdx is the SD Card block device (NOT a partition, the whole thi..."

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How to flash [[Linux]] onto an SD Card?

<pre>dd if=file.img of=/dev/sdx bs=4M status=progress</pre>
where /dev/sdx is the SD Card block device (NOT a partition, the whole thing!).

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	Select [Resize] and resize your partition to maximum. The select [Write] and accecpt with "yes". Select [Quit] to exit.		Select [Resize] and resize your partition to maximum. The select [Write] and accecpt with "yes". Select [Quit] to exit.
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		+	Clean the filesystem:
		+	{{codeblock\|1=sudo e2fsck -fy /dev/mmblkXpX}}

	Finally resize your partition:		Finally resize your partition:

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	sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$SD_CARD_DEVICE bs=512 seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz $SD_CARD_DEVICE) - 1024 )) count=1024		sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$SD_CARD_DEVICE bs=512 seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz $SD_CARD_DEVICE) - 1024 )) count=1024
	</pre>		</pre>
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		+	=== Resizing an SD Card ===
		+	After flashing the image you might wish to resize your filesystem to use all of your eMMC or SD-card.
		+
		+	Open cfdisk to change the partition size:
		+	{{codeblock\|1=sudo cfdisk /dev/mmcblkX}}
		+
		+	Select [Resize] and resize your partition to maximum. The select [Write] and accecpt with "yes". Select [Quit] to exit.
		+
		+	Finally resize your partition:
		+	{{codeblock\|1=sudo resize2fs /dev/mmblkXpX}}
		+
		+	Source: [https://gitlab.com/mobian1/wiki/-/wikis/Install]

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 The following clears the start and the end of an SD Card (or any block device in general).
-<code>
+<pre>
 SD_CARD_DEVICE=/dev/sdX
 sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$SD_CARD_DEVICE bs=512 count=1024
 sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$SD_CARD_DEVICE bs=512 seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz $SD_CARD_DEVICE) - 1024 )) count=1024
-</code>
+</pre>

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	<pre>dd if=file.img of=/dev/sdx bs=4M status=progress</pre>		<pre>dd if=file.img of=/dev/sdx bs=4M status=progress</pre>
	where /dev/sdx is the SD Card block device (NOT a partition, the whole thing!).		where /dev/sdx is the SD Card block device (NOT a partition, the whole thing!).
		+
		+	=== Clearing an SD Card ===
		+	The following clears the start and the end of an SD Card (or any block device in general).
		+
		+	<code>
		+	SD_CARD_DEVICE=/dev/sdX
		+	sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$SD_CARD_DEVICE bs=512 count=1024
		+	sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=$SD_CARD_DEVICE bs=512 seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz $SD_CARD_DEVICE) - 1024 )) count=1024
		+	</code>