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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 "Create Disk Image"
[[File:Create_Disk_Image.png|600px]]
::Saved File is Rpi_8GB.img  7.9 GB
::Name is optional; name it as you wish: xxxxx.img
*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 with others or archive it as a backup.
*right click "Compress select Rpi_8GB.img

====rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img.zip  2.3 GB====
:Uploading now; available later today:--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 14:12, 18 March 2013 (EDT)
*Prebuilt 8 GB SD Card img file with sugar-emulator 0.98.x and xfce
:This file can be Downloaded Here: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img.zip
:user=sugar password=sugaruser
*'''Note do not use the ''rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img'' with dd; it will fail to boot.'''

====Extract rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img.zip ====
*right click on compressed file "archive Manager" Extract

===Insert 2nd SD Card in Laptop SD Slot===
:8GB class 10 Sandisk Ultra SD
:16GB class 10 Lexar Platinum II SD
: used in these examples
*Start "Disks" gnome-disks
:select "Restore disk image"
::Select rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img.zip and restore it.
*Eject SD Card in "Disks"
*'''Note do not use the ''rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img'' with dd it will fail to work.'''

===Insert the duplicated SD in the Rpi===
:Plug in RPi power supply cord and it will boot on copied SD Card.
[[File:Sugar-rpfr-f18rc1.png|700px]]
*rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img file created with '''disk utility''' from working 8 GB SD card
:and then restored with '''disk utility''' to a 16 GB SD Card and booted on RPi 512 "b"
==Optional:Expand the ext4 partition with '''gparted'''==
*original partitions on restored 8 GB rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.img file
:mmcblk0p2 partition is ext4
[[File:Rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd.png|500px]]
*expanded mmcblk0p2 partition on 16 GB SD card with gparted "resize"
:Command is not available in "disks"
[[File:Rpfr-f18-rc1-a-sd-expanded.png|500px]]