At the end of the day, it does not really matter how the OP plans on getting this file to his colleges. As that is not the problem to be solved - From the question.
On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 10:04 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote: > *One Drive gives free storage, Google Drive offers free storage. Its just >> a matter of staying within the free limits. If the OP was not wanting >> electronic transfer, he already has the SD card made and could have dropped >> it in the mail instead of asking how to make an image file from the SD >> card!* >> > > Still needs a copy . . . > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One Drive gives free storage, Google Drive offers free storage. Its just >> a matter of staying within the free limits. If the OP was not wanting >> electronic transfer, he already has the SD card made and could have dropped >> it in the mail instead of asking how to make an image file from the SD card! >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 9:06:20 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: >>> >>> Wally, dude, what are you talking about ? >>> >>> You put the sdcard into a plastic case, drop the whole thing into an >>> overnight UPS folder, and be done with it. $10 versus spending a monthly >>> fee for something you probably don't use all that often. >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The downside of this is your 4GB Emmc image will be a 4GB file. If you >>>> have a "real" web or ftp server its not much of a a problem, but if you >>>> don't it can be a hassle, although I've had good results with large fie >>>> transfers using Microsoft's "free" One Drive service, although I'd signed >>>> up for it long enough ago that I got 15GB storage, new accounts get less. >>>> Robert's 4GB images with xzcat usually come in under a GB and the >>>> 2016-04-03 images expands to about 3GB when expanded and written to an SD >>>> card. >>>> >>>> If your remote is a Windows host, life is more complicated, in any case. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 5:20:15 PM UTC-5, William Hermans wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Unless you're already familiar with bmaptool, dd is probably the best, >>>>> and easiest method to back up the whole sdcard byte for byte. simply place >>>>> the sdcard in any Linux system that is not running off the sdcard live, >>>>> and >>>>> run >>>>> >>>>> # dd if=/path/to/sdcard of=/path/to/save_file.ext >>>>> >>>>> Technically the file it's saved as does not even need an extension, >>>>> but it makes it clearer as to what the file is. Also, the Linux system >>>>> used >>>>> to make the backup can be made from the beaglebone too, but it can not be >>>>> running live off the sdcard at the time. Additionally "#" indicates this >>>>> must be run as root, but does not necessarily mean you have to be logged >>>>> in >>>>> as root. You can also use sudo . . . >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Wally Bkg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I think bmaptools will be the most efficient way in terms of the file >>>>>> you distribute. But I'm not sure if the bmaptools are available for >>>>>> Windows systems >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://source.tizen.org/documentation/reference/bmaptool/usage/bmaptool-create >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Otherwise you can dd the SD card to xzcat to produce a compressed >>>>>> image file like Robert distributes testing images on elinux.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 3:05:37 PM UTC-5, [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Good afternoon! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have successfully created a bootablr microSD by using the >>>>>>> following: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /opt/scripts/tools/eMMC/beaglebone-black-make-microSD-flasher-from-eMMC.sh >>>>>>> to write an image from the on-board eMMC to a microSD card >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now I need to send the image to our colleagues in Houston, and I >>>>>>> want to create an single image file from the newly created bootable >>>>>>> microSD >>>>>>> card, how can I do this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>>> Kevin >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >> 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. 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