Try this: dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
73 DR N1EA On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 2:43 PM K0LNY <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: > > Hi, > I have Debian i386 Bull'seye running on an old Asus 701, it's booting to a 32 > GB SD card. > I was trying to figure out with limited SD cards handy, how to install a > clean install of Debian on another SD card, so I can customize it for a media > server. > The internal SDD is only 4GB and sometimes has issues, that is why I boot to > an SD card. > So what I'm doing now, and maybe it isn't the best way, is I'm doing a DD > from the boot card to another SD card in a USB card reader. > I confirmed it was showing as /dev/sdc, the boot up card is /dev/sdb. > So I did: > sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/sdc > and I think it might be working, but there's no feedback, either it is > hanging, or working without a report. > Is there a better way to do this? > Thanks. > > Glenn
