Carl, I haven't look into these images, but usually, at least an ISO image, you can mount with a loop device on linux. If this works for these images also, maybe you don't need the sdcard?
Michael Am 24.06.2016 um 08:15 schrieb Carl Karsten: > This isn't exactly a clonezilla thng, but maybe it can help. > > these images go on to an SD card: > https://cberner.com/share/ > > [ ] ubuntu-server-14.04-v4.4-rc6-mfc.img.xz > <https://cberner.com/share/ubuntu-server-14.04-v4.4-rc6-mfc.img.xz> > 2016-05-01 17:12 222M > > > uncompressed that turns into a 8gig file even though it is a 128M and 550M > partition. I am guessing it was put onto an > 8 gig media and dd the whole thing. > > There are many images like this. > > Is there some way to trim that file so that when I write it to the SD card I > am not writing all the extra 0's? > > And then once it is written, how to I resize the partition to fit the media? > > > > > -- > Carl K > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San > Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries > present their vision of the future. This family event has something for > everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. > http://sdm.link/attshape > > > > _______________________________________________ > Clonezilla-live mailing list > Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Clonezilla-live mailing list Clonezilla-live@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clonezilla-live