Hi,
I need to duplicate a number of SD cards from an existing card i create an image from command line using dd command to make a .dmg file. When i present this to etcher as a source image it gives me
"something went wrong while opening TMcardabckup.dmg
Error: invalid Image"
any suggestions on a good procedure how to clone a card using etcher?
Hey, the problem appears to the filename extension – if you’ve created a copy with dd, then that’s a flat binary copy of the device you’re cloning, and would best be labeled as .img, because .dmg are actually a specific file format which Etcher supports (hence the invalid image error).
So, renaming your TMcardabckup.dmg to TMcardabckup.img should do the trick, and get that working.
Hey Jonas !
Thanks so much for the advice, that’s making dupes with no problem now…
regards
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it seems i can run multiple copies of etcher writing to multiple SD readers from a single image - any reason not to?
There should be no downside to that.