SD chip clone

pelliott321

Once you everything up an running they way you want it and stable, is there a way to clone the SD chip to have a spare already confined and with playback list and we radios all in tact.

hondagx35

Hi pelliott321,

is there a way to clone the SD chip to have a spare

With the same tool you got the image on your SD card!

Frank

pelliott321

using
win32Diskimager
when I open the program and it does not see all the files only kernal7.img and an empty folder called Overlays
what do I do to create the clone? do I just do the kernel.img file and copy over every thing else?
sorry this is all new to me

pelliott321

well I got a bit further
reading instructions on Raspberry Pi website
I created a file "backup.img" which is over 7.7gb large which seems way too big
so I am still wondering what to do. All say this is simple but the exact directions are not to be found easily

hondagx35

Hi pelliott321,

I created a file "backup.img" which is over 7.7gb large which seems way too big

Programs like win32Diskimager make one to one copies (each bit).
So i guess you have a 8GB SD card. The created image can only be restored to a 8GB or bigger card.
The images we provide are shrinked to fit on 2GB cards.
Sorry but i do not know an easy way for this operation (i do it on a Linux PC).

Frank