DD is the command to read from the current booting card. sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/card_images/final-working-definitely-working-v2.img
This will get you the full card, you then need to compress it then run pishrink on the compressed image. Sent from my iPhone On Sat, 2 May 2026 at 13:32, Terry Coles <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/05/2026 12:57, Hugh Frater wrote: > > Easily resolved by piping DD to gzip, then using pishrink on the > > resulting image. > > What's DD in this context? > > The last time I had to shrink an SD Card image, it was a nightmare and I > resolved never to try it again. > > -- > Terry Coles > > > -- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-05-05 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected] > -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2026-05-05 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:[email protected]
