Hi all
Had a disaster with my PI Radar (dog + cup of tea) didnt work well. I have a spare PI but its a v2 and has the microsd card.
I have been able to make a backup of the card via win32diskimager on my windows 7 laptop.
Will copying the file to a microsd card work on the new PI?
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David Cummings
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Copy from sd to microsd
Dave C
Re: Copy from sd to microsd
Yes it should work, but it depends on how up to date the OS on the card is - there were new files introduced for the Pi 2 and if it needs updating then you may need a Pi 1 in order to boot and update it....
Texy
Texy
Various male/female 40- and 26-way GPIO header for sale here ( IDEAL FOR YOUR PiZero ):
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=147682#p971555
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=147682#p971555
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David Cummings
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Re: Copy from sd to microsd
Ok if that doesnt work for me is there anyway i can look at the iso i have taken and extract that modified files.on it. Like any IT pro i failed to take a backup...
Dave C
Re: Copy from sd to microsd
Sorry, thats nothing I have done before. Are you not able to start afresh with a new raspbian image? Lots of good reasons to go with Jessie.....
Texy
Texy
Various male/female 40- and 26-way GPIO header for sale here ( IDEAL FOR YOUR PiZero ):
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=147682#p971555
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=147682#p971555
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David Cummings
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Re: Copy from sd to microsd
I would love to. But i had it with custom scripts i guess i might not gave a choice really. I never made a backup of said scripts and cant for the life of me remember how i did it!
Dave C
Re: Copy from sd to microsd
I'm confused again. You said you have a copy of the image that was on the dog + tea disaster pi. If you have a copy of an image and wonder what is on the image, you simply mount the image and look. What am I missing?David Cummings wrote:I would love to. But i had it with custom scripts i guess i might not gave a choice really. I never made a backup of said scripts and cant for the life of me remember how i did it!
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David Cummings
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Re: Copy from sd to microsd
Basically the dog knocked a cup of tea over the pi.
I managed yo get a backup of the sdcard from my windows pc so ihave the 16gb image.
What i dont have is a spare 16gb microsd card.the biggest i have is 8gb.
If i can get to the data on the card then i know that card is ok yes?
If so then its just a case of going out and buying a new card but as i am out of work atm its an expense i cant justify lol.
How would i mount the card in windows ?
Btw the power led comes on on the pi active led is on but dim
I managed yo get a backup of the sdcard from my windows pc so ihave the 16gb image.
What i dont have is a spare 16gb microsd card.the biggest i have is 8gb.
If i can get to the data on the card then i know that card is ok yes?
If so then its just a case of going out and buying a new card but as i am out of work atm its an expense i cant justify lol.
How would i mount the card in windows ?
Btw the power led comes on on the pi active led is on but dim
Dave C