Make an image of usb drive

[Valtam]

DD tutorial in the Help Manual under Install Guide.

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[liamjake05]

I did not understand. I do not want to image a usb but I want to turn a usb into an image.

[torreydale]

I've mentioned Disks and Archive Manager.  I'll add Clonezilla to the list.  If these apps can see your SD card, one or more of them should be able to turn that data into a *.img and/or *.iso file.

[liamjake05]

I want a program not a live boot. Just show me how to do this using dd.

[torreydale]

liamjake05, a few things:

(1) Imaging SD card storage doesn't necessarily make it a live boot or even bootable.  It puts it into an image file (*.img or *.iso), which from your initial post, is what you said you wanted.
(2) You've said you don't want dd, and now you want lessons.
(3) You're coming off as more demanding than appreciative or cooperative.
(4) Others, including the LL creator, have chimed in.
(5) It's been a business week. 


A combination of the following should explain what's happening when using dd:

(A) Type the following into a terminal: 

Code:

man dd

(B) View the following video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74A6pVrv0CA


BUT,
I think it would be simpler to use the Archive Manager in Linux Lite and combine what's on your SD card into a *.iso file.  It's like zipping it using WinZip, but instead you're zipping it into a *.iso (ie. image) file.  If that isn't sufficient, and if Disks gave you an issue over your partitions, Clonezilla would be a suitable choice.  Clonezilla should be able to image your entire SD card with partitions into a single image file.

[firenice03]

A little googling... and a find...

Usage would be something like

Code:

sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/USB_image

where /dev/sdb is your usb drive as listed by sudo fdisk -l (maybe with df -h as well) and ~/USB_image is the image file where the copy will be made (a path where the image file will be created).

FYI '~' equates to your users /home folder


To restore the image to another USB drive just invert the process:

Code:

sudo dd if=~/USB_image of=/dev/sdb

will restore ~/USB_image to the device sdb. Just make sure that the new USB drive is as big or bigger than the original one.

I added additional comments... Make sure you are entering your USB/SDCard appropriately for the /dev/sdb paths
Also,  additional parameters may be required, I've not used dd, others may add input...

Found here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/318893/ho...-usb-stick

[Valtam]

liamjake05, a few things:

(1) Imaging SD card storage doesn't necessarily make it a live boot or even bootable.  It puts it into an image file (*.img or *.iso), which from your initial post, is what you said you wanted.
(2) You've said you don't want dd, and now you want lessons.
(3) You're coming off as more demanding than appreciative or cooperative.
(4) Others, including the LL creator, have chimed in.
(5) It's been a business week. 


A combination of the following should explain what's happening when using dd:

(A) Type the following into a terminal: 

Code:

man dd

(B) View the following video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74A6pVrv0CA


BUT,
I think it would be simpler to use the Archive Manager in Linux Lite and combine what's on your SD card into a *.iso file.  It's like zipping it using WinZip, but instead you're zipping it into a *.iso (ie. image) file.  If that isn't sufficient, and if Disks gave you an issue over your partitions, Clonezilla would be a suitable choice.  Clonezilla should be able to image your entire SD card with partitions into a single image file.

I echo point 3 here.

[BurchSung]

Hi.....I think it would be simpler to use the Archive Manager in Linux Lite and combine what's on your SD card into a *.iso file.  It's like zipping it using WinZip, but instead you're zipping it into a *.iso (ie. image) file.  If that isn't sufficient, and if Disks gave you an issue over your partitions, Clonezilla would be a suitable choice.

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