Cosmic Pi 2021 - How to image an SD card (Linux)
A step by step guide to imaging a fresh SD card for your Cosmic Pi on a Linux based computer.
Commands used: 1) Download image
curl -JLO https://www.dropbox.com/s/y0btlxspksi...
(NB this has been updated to fix a few bugs!)
2) Unzip the .gz file
gunzip cosmicpi1point8upd1.img.gz
3) Check for the SD card (NB not automatically /dev/sda, it varies for each system)
sudo fdisk -l
4) Copy to the SD card (assuming it is /dev/sda.. change the command if not)
sudo dd bs=512k if=cosmicpi1point8upd1.img of=/dev/sda status=progress
5) Sync to ensure everything is written to the SD card
sudo sync
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