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Jar Jar Guide
Hello
Right, well the goal as I see it is to create a master card that contains all the packages that you need?
if that is the case, create a card on a Pi, that has all the programs that you want.
Using software such as dd or win32disk imager create a cloned image of that card.
Using the same software copy that image to each of the cards that you wish to use.
It will take a while, but this is the best way to get a consistent image across many SD cards
Any problems, drop me a line
Les
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Right here's what happened : started yesterday making a MasterSD using excisting but out of date 4Gb n00b cards - not realising they were formatted as such before i started loading packages. Problem is now memory/space problems and error messages to that effect due to n00bs partition.
What I want is to back up all packages installed (mine craft, vnc, + + + ) , or the install script to save some time in creating the NEW MASTER on fresh card with NO n00b partition and then clone the NEW master. I hope this makes sense :P

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lesp commented Oct 17, 2014

Ahhhh right!

What do you need on the cards?
I ask because the latest version of Raspbian comes with MC pre installed.

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Ahh - in that case might be worth starting from scratch ; VNC and scratchGPIO in addition - right ohh here we go . . .
Thanks ever so much for your help

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lesp commented Oct 17, 2014

Yeah start from scratch for master card, top tip in a terminal do this to ensure all your apps and pi firmware are up to date :)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo rpi-update

Good luck
Les

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