SD card programing -

[Rick Stevens]

On 05/01/2015 08:38 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
>
> On 01/05/15 11:10, Terry Polzin wrote:
>> tail -f /var/log/messages with device un plugged and while plugging in
>> you'll see the device get picked up if it's recognized.
>>
>
> Ok, I found it, I didn't have the tiny device shoved into the adapter
> far enough, a new experience for me.
>
> [bobg at box10 ~]$ journalctl -n 25
>
> ......  snip  ....
> May 01 11:23:27 box10 NetworkManager[680]: <info> Connectivity check for
> uri 'https://fedoraproject.org/static/hotspot.txt' failed with 'Peer
> May 01 11:25:32 box10 kernel: sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] 124735488 512-byte
> logical blocks: (63.8 GB/59.4 GiB)
> May 01 11:25:32 box10 kernel:  sdd: sdd1
>
> [root at box10 ~]# fdisk /dev/sdd
>
> Disk /dev/sdd: 59.5 GiB, 63864569856 bytes, 124735488 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x00000000
>
> Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
> /dev/sdd1       32768 124735487 124702720 59.5G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
>
> I wont be able to get back to this until later but it looks as though I
> simply need to install the Pidora system to it?

Yup. Essentially:

	dd if=/path/to/pidora.iso of=/dev/sdd bs=1M

Note the "of=/dev/sdd" (the ENTIRE disk), NOT "of=/dev/sdd1" (a
partition). You want to whack the entire MicroSD.
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