Using dd command
Step 1
Danger
Make sure you know what your doing here. dd
can write to any device and wipe out your hard disk in a second!
Depending on your system, finding the card device can use different tools.
Use lsblk
or blkid
to identify your device. Typically /dev/sd?
or /dev/mmcblk?
.
Run the command before and after inserting SD card.
Step 2
Using lsblk
, type:
$ lsblk
In this case, the card is located at /dev/sdf
.
Step 3
Using blkid
on piCorePlayer, type:
$ blkid
In this case, the card is located at /dev/sdb
.
Step 4
Unmount all partitions of the SD card device.
Type the following commands:
$ sudo umount /dev/sdf1
$ sudo umount /dev/sdf2
Step 5
Write the new image using this command.
$ sudo dd if=piCorePlayer6.1.0.img of=/dev/sdf bs=1M
Step 6
Remove SD card. Image is ready to use.
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