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Is the same DD command appropriate for writing EMMC and SD cards
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09-22-2021, 06:04 PM
dd is blind. The beauty of it is that all it does is copy raw data without interfering with it in any way.

There are some U-Boots, and some operating systems, that will not work like this. That is, they assume the boot device is the one the were installed with.
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RE: Is the same DD command appropriate for writing EMMC and SD cards - by KC9UDX - 09-22-2021, 06:04 PM

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