Help with making a copy of security on sd card

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• jks

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Hi Marek,

  
  

  1. Insert a 4GB or larger micro-SD card into Beagle.

  2. With your browser connect to the admin page of your Kiwi: url_to_the_kiwi/admin (e.g. kiwisdr.local:8073/admin)

  3. Click on the "backup" tab on the top navigation bar.

  4. Click on the button labeled "Click to write micro-SD card"

  5. Backup process will take 3 - 6 minutes depending on the speed of your SD card.

  6. IMPORTANT: remove SD card immediately from Beagle. Otherwise on next Kiwi reboot it will be restored from the SD backup.

  
  
• GaryG

  August 2017

  Hi John and others,

  Simple question - When removing an SD card, is it safe to do it with power on?

  I realize inserting the SD card must be with power on otherwise the system would try to boot from the SD.

  Gary in Vancouver, BC

  
  
• jks

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  Yes, the driver in Debian Linux understands how to deal with live insertions of cards in the SD slot.

  
  
• ic8pof

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  HI at point_6 JKS says: remove immediately .
  I suppose that there is a running bar during the writing precedure , but how to be sure about the END_OF_PROCEDURE so one can remove the micro_sd safely?
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  Any suggestion howto insert\remove the micro_sd by fat fingers in such tiny place ?
  a plastic extension glued maybe ?
  Could be possibile to cut a hole on the card back to put a fishing line to make removing simpler  :-O
  Phil
  
• jks

  August 2017

  A message is displayed telling you if the backup was successful or not.

  Try doing a backup without a card inserted to see..

  
  
• ic8pof

  August 2017 edited August 2017

  OK about the end-of-procedure message, but in how long time the BEAGLE restarts?
  Maybe a PAUSE button will be ok to be pressed when one has pulled out the sd-card.
  
  Would it not be more practical to make a copy directrly on a usb-memory as its plug is more easy to be accessed ?
  
  Phil