I have to share this, and it may already be common knowledge in the group. Maybe it's even in the sBitx manual that I did not read yet.

Spent a lot of time attempting to make a backup of my original SD card supplied with the sBitx kit.

Used Belina Etcher, Raspberry Pi imager and Win32Diskimager and was not able to make a copy.
All three of these apps reported that my new SD card was "too small" for the sBitx image.

Finally got it to work with the SD Card Copier that is on the sBitx and maybe all Raspberry Pi's running Raspberry Pi OS.

Just look in Accessories and run SD Card Copier.?
Pick the internal SD card as the source (the name will be something like: SE32G (/dev/mmcblk0)) and the Copy to Device as the SD card you want to copy to.
You may have to put the new SD card in an adapter and put it in the USB slot before bootup for the system to see it.

So best make a backup before mucking around with the system.

The base MPU module is Rpi running Raspbian linux.
I;ve used that for years as a HB laptop initially for fun
until I found it has enough power for serious work.

What that means is the computer in the box can with built in?
web browser (chromium) can easily surf the net (like HFsignals)
and even download files.? IT also has a software installer.

To use that plug in an eitherpipe or enable wifi and give it the
password for the wifi router.

Allison
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What may not have been obvious is if it boots and runs the base OS
it has the capability to back itself up and even add or replace programs/modules.


Allison
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I wonder if one could dd the SD card /dev/ and pipe it to netcat to another machine. ?I know it’s a live file system, but presumably it would be in an OK state to burn on to a new SD card for a backup? ?Of course there’s always good old tar...

That is safe to do IF there are no other aps running.??

I found it easier to pull the SD and copy on my MINTbox
via a USB to uSD adaptor.??


Allison
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Please use the forum, offline and private will go to bit bucket.