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==Duplicating a RPi SD Card==
*This makes an exact copy of a working SD Card
===Equipment used===
*RPi and SD Card
:Raspberry Pi "B" 512 memory
:8GB class 10 Sandisk Ultra SD with XFCE and Sugar-Desktop installed (see link)
::http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Testing/Reports/ARM_RPi#Test_report_rpfr-f18-rc1.img
*Laptop
:"System 76" Gazelle Professional laptop
::Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz × 8 
:Ubuntu 12.10 running gnome classic
===Remove Working SD Card from a shutdown RPi and insert it in Laptop SD Slot===
*Start "Disks" gnome-disks
:Unmount SD (both partitions)
:Select "Make Disk Image
::Saved File is Rpi_8GB.img  7.9 GB
*Unmount SD Card in Disks
===Compress Rpi_8GB.img (OPTIONAL)===
:'''NOTE this is an optional step'''
::Do it if you want to share Rpi_8GB.img
*right click "Compress select Rpi_8GB.img
::Rpi_8GB.img.tar.xz  1.7 GB
====Extract Rpi_8GB.img.tar.xz====
*right click on compressed file "archive Manager" Extract
===Insert 2nd SD Card===
:8GB class 10 Sandisk Ultra SD
*Start "Disks" gnome-disks
:select "Restore disk image"
::Select Rpi_8GB.img and restore it.
*Eject SD Card in "Disks"
:remove SD card from laptop
*Insert in Rpi
:Plug in RPi power supply cord and it will boot on copied SD Card.