[HLUG] Quick Linux Question aimed at but not exclusively for - Julian

[Paul]

Hi Julian,

I've frequented the HLUG on a few occasions, but cant get the time to 
get up there as much now.  I see you are a great linux fan, and I 
wondered if you could help me with a little matter.

I have a raspberry pi and want to set up a card which I can just copy 
onto new sd cards as and when. So I download the NOOBs from pi.org (onto 
the linux Desktop) and simply copy it to the sd card thru the command 
line or even drag and drop onto the card from the GUI.

After putting the card in the pi and powering it up, the pi expands the 
NOOBs to a fully functioning OS.

This is what I require help on, I want to put the SD card back into the 
linux driven Desktop and copy the files from the card to a new Folder, 
so that in future I can just put a new SD card in the sd card reader and 
copy a fully operating OS, plus any other tweaks I have put onto the 
card onto the new card, from either the GUI or command line.
One of my issues is what instruction do I type at the command line to 
copy the whole card from the card to a subdirectory on the desktop and 
then to copy from the directory to a new card in the card reader?

Any help, guidance greatly appreciated.


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P**au**_l_*