SD card programing -

[bobgoodwin at wildblue.net]

On 04/29/15 11:19, Greg Woods wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net 
> <mailto:bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>> wrote:
>
>     I have to get the SD card and whatever is required to program it
>     from Fedora 21 or 22, or buy one preprogrammed.
>
>
> Pretty much any old SD card would do. I have this one:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-Frustration-Free-Packaging--SDSDB-016G-AFFP/dp/B007JRB0SS/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1430320408&sr=1-3&keywords=sd+card
>
> By far the most popular OS for Rasperry Pi is Raspbian (a Debian 
> derivative). There is a lot more third party software available for 
> this. But there is also Pidora (a Fedora variant) which I have 
> successfully installed and tested.
>
> I currently have an older Pi model B in service as my Bacula storage 
> server, with an external 4TB USB drive for online backups, plus a USB 
> enclosure that allows swapping drives to use for archival backups. 
> Works great. Pi's have lots of uses.
>
> --Greg
>
>
.

Well I can see that it has to be the small micro SD type care if it's 
going to fit the socket and case that came with it.

But what I am really asking I guess is how do I connect the SD card to a 
desktop computer to install Pidora or whatever? The only thing I see 
that accepts the SD card is the Raspberry board.

Bob


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