For just learning about the Pi and getting started, 8GB is enough. Also, the smaller the card, the easier it is to keep backups. Using piclone from the command line or SD Copier from the desktop will resize the current SD OS card as needed. The only requirement is that the coping to a smaller ...
... to process the Unix extent partitions, I would make the backup using the Pi and a card reader. Stretch comes with SD Card Copier (desktop) and piclone (command line) for copying the booted SD card and making the necessary size adjustments for different size cards. Just make sure your target ...
-- piclone I can launch it when i'm pi but it can't access disk (lack of permissions) I can't launch it (sudo or as root) ----- root@raspberrypi:~# piclone No protocol specified (piclone:1202): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: ...
... other hidden partitions) of the SD card not the full disk. Right ? My image is 16GB. But when i restore i can't boot ! Will test again....... -- piclone I can launch it when i'm pi but it can't access disk (lack of permissions) I can't launch it (sudo or as root) ----- root@raspberrypi:~# piclone ...
... that specific to any one machine. Hostname maybe, but that isn't a big deal for me either. I like some of the ideas suggested. AKA using PiClone. Also creating a backup of each partition by archiving them. However I wish I knew how the Raspbian imgs are created by the Raspbian team. What ...
... the SD card, I just had one like that. I could read files off of it but not boot it. I made an image of it with ddrescue then reloaded it by using piclone to copy onto it, it's been working fine for a week or so. What I'm trying to put Stretch on is a 64 GB High Endurance card made for video cameras ...
... and IP address at the very least. If these features are not modified a conflict in the network will arise and cause no end of problem. SD copy or piclone can make copies of the running image to a larger or smaller SD card so long as there is enough space for the image data being copied.
env SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/pwdpic.sh sudo -AE dbus-launch piclone was my cheap workaround in another thread. Good enough for SD Card Copier but it may have surprising side effects. The wanted side effect is, that ~/.Xauthority is found as HOME is still ...
... of the definition of "reflash" but I probably did that. I grabbed an image of it with no problem, filled it with junk with no problem, then used piclone to clone back onto it. It boots and runs. It's been scanned for bad blocks without finding any. USB yes, I have a USB printer, CD/DVD drive, ...
... around a while. With Gparted I deleted the partitions, filled it with an ext4 partition and formatted that, just to check the space. Then I used Piclone to clone my one working SD card onto it, set the hostname, and it's running in my Pi with the official display. The card in this machine I'm ...
... was given the following suggestion as a change to the menu item via Main Menu Editor ... env SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/pwdpic.sh sudo -AE dbus-launch piclone The change is adding the “E”. I did the same thing for Raspi Config and that now works too, I’ve never had a problem with shutdown, reboot etc ...
... to mention that you're using Remote Desktop when you're trying to start SD Card Copier. In a terminal window the command sudo -E dbus-launch piclone could do it. In the menu it would be env SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/pwdpic.sh sudo -AE dbus-launch piclone There are other ways to fix it shown here ...
... but then nothing happens - no GUI appears, nothing. This is what the menu contains.... env SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/pwdpic.sh sudo -A dbus-launch piclone If I just run the above from a command line I get... pi@DDhomepi1:~ $ env SUDO_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/pwdpic.sh sudo -A dbus-launch piclone No protocol ...
AIUI PiClone is a part of the Stretch with Desktop download, not sure about Lite. I haven't checked so I may be wrong. Dear davidcoton, Thanks for your quick reply and sorry for my late reaction. I have had to deal with a lack ...
I'm a great fan of piclone, you can apt-get install it. It uses cp to do most of its work so it's not copying empty space like dd does, it's just copying files. I've used it to clone a 128 GB SD onto a 64 GB one as long as there was ...
... would suggest that any time one has to install a package by not using one of the package managers that they backup their SD card using SD copy or piclone to a new SD card. This way they can easily get back to a running system if a mistake is made or there is an error in the installed software.
Use the "SD Card copier" (piclone). It does a file-level backup and prevents
bloated images. Please note that piclone only works on a Raspberry Pi which is
turned on and running Raspbian.
Raspbian has a program called PiClone that will write a backup of the SDCard. Dear davidcoton, Thanks for your reply. Is the program PiClone integrated in Raspbian or do I have to download it manually ? I've found a demo video (https://vimeo.com/153731437) ...
In that scenario storing the scans on the SDCard is fine. Raspbian has a program called PiClone that will write a backup of the SDCard. Stick to Raspbian with Desktop. The only disadvantage is that it carries some extra software "bloat" that you won't use in a server. ...