Format an SD Card

July 28, 2018

Prep SD card with image

format the card

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/write-format-manage-sd-card-linux/

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc

WARNING: this will wipe the card, make sure the target is correct. of is target and /dev/sdc is a disk in this case

Download the image to copy

Find a copy of the image you want online and start download. In this example Kali:

https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-arm-images/

prep the image

  1. unzip the image

    xz -d kali-2017.01-rpi2.img.xz

  2. unmount sd card
    linux

    `lsblk # verify disk

    sudo umount /dev/sdc1`

    mac
    `diskutil list

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/sdc1`

  1. copy image to sd card sudo dd if=kali-2017.01-rpi2.img of=/dev/sdc1 bs=1m
  2. cleanly unmount sd card diskutil eject /dev/sdc1