Flash image to sdcard (/dev/sdc) $ dd bs=4M if=raspbian.img of=/dev/sdc Export from sdcard $ dd if=/dev/sdc of=raspberry.img bs=1M conv=notrunc,noerror Status of dd $ pkill -USR1 -n -x dd Mounting paritions $ fdisk -l raspberry.img Disk raspberry.img: 3003 MB, 3003125760 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 365 cylinders, total 5865480 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000981cb Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System raspberry.img1 8192 122879 57344 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) raspberry.img2 122880 5785599 2831360 83 Linux $ losetup -o4194304 /dev/loop0 raspberry.img $ losetup -o62914560 /dev/loop1 raspberry.img $ losetup -d /dev/loop0 $ losetup -d /dev/loop1