Thanks Philip, that’s what I was after. ( I don’t write to emmc either J)
"No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmond Burke (1729 - 1797) http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book From: beagleboard@googlegroups.com [mailto:beagleboard@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Philip Polstra Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2014 11:22 AM To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [beagleboard] How to make an image ? I use tar and the substitute my rootfs archive for Robert's and reuse his scripts. I don't store to emmc though, so it may be different for your case. On Nov 9, 2014 10:46 AM, "William Pretty Security" <bill.pre...@xplornet.com> wrote: Hello All; I believe this questions has been asked before, but I don’t recall an answer. I am using the latest Debian image as a starting point and have installed a number of additional tool in rootfs. I am using an 8GB uSD card but the roof file system takes up less than 4GB. What I am trying to do is to create an image that is about 4GB and includes the boot partition plus the used portion of rootfs. I researched the “DD” command, but if I understand correctly, I would end up with an 8GB image. I know that I can use “tar” to create an archive of the boot/rootfs partitions, but that isn’t an “image”. I suppose I could just modify one of Robert Nelson’s scripts to automatically format and copy a uSD card, but I am wondering If there is a better way ? Thanks; Bill "No one could make a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little." "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmond Burke (1729 - 1797) http://www.packtpub.com/building-a-home-security-system-with-beaglebone/book -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4189/8536 - Release Date: 11/08/14 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4189/8521 - Release Date: 11/06/14 -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
