Can I use Etcher to "un-etch" (wink!) a device to a file?

Hi there,

It’s possibly a bit heavyweight for what you’re wanting to do, but CloneZilla allows you to boot a device with it, then creates a disk image for a given device (such as an SSD, etc). This should work (though I’ve not tried it) for example on any balenaOS device that allows booting from USB/SD for the x64 architecture (you’d have to rebuild it for any other, I’m not sure if alternative arch packages exist), as well.

Hope this helps!

Best regards,

Heds

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