[RPi2] Ubuntu Core 16 beta image size

[Omer Akram]

This:

  $ sudo dd if=ubuntu-core-16-pi2.img of=/dev/sdb bs=32M;sync

Its sdb because I have the sdcard in a usb card reader.

Thanks!

On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Oliver Grawert <ogra at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> hi,
> Am Samstag, den 10.09.2016, 15:49 +0500 schrieb Omer Akram:
> > >
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1619362
> > >
> > > there is nothing at the end off the image (the GPT backup that
> > > usually
> > > sits there gets re-created on first boot anyway when we check if
> > > the
> > > image is resizable) so technically you can just dd it and ignore
> > > the
> > > error it will throw without any actual drawbacks, no need to resize
> > > in
> > > advance since gparted will only move these zeros around.
> > I had tried that, it fails to boot, also the writable partition does
> > not even mount on my desktop if dd fails, due to lack of space.
>
> this is weird, the main partition table and vfat definitely sit at the
> beginning of the disk, the only thing that could be corrupt (if there
> was actual data) should be the end of the writable partition.
>
> what is your dd command ?
>
> ciao
>         oli
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