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Do I really need PINE64-Installer?
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08-11-2017, 04:39 PM (This post was last modified: 08-11-2017, 04:49 PM by skot.)
1. No, you can unxz then dd the image to your sd card with linux (see below) or mac. On windows you need an unzipper and w32diskImager or similar.
2. If a sd card is in at powerup/reboot, the pinebook will attempt to boot from it.


unxz -c /path/to/pinebook_linux.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX
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Messages In This Thread
Do I really need PINE64-Installer? - by anaumov - 08-11-2017, 03:21 PM
RE: Do I really need PINE64-Installer? - by skot - 08-11-2017, 04:39 PM
RE: Do I really need PINE64-Installer? - by Luke - 08-12-2017, 03:28 AM
RE: Do I really need PINE64-Installer? - by skot - 08-14-2017, 07:14 AM

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