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Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B?

From Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B?
Date 2026-03-09 16:51 +0000
Message-ID <kca38m-4nod2.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu> (permalink)

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Does a bootable USB stick for a Pi 4B have the same format as a
bootable SD card?  I.e. can I just use dd to copy one to the other
(not on the Pi itself) and expect it to work?

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Chris Green
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Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-03-09 16:51 +0000
  Re: Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B? JJenssen <joemajen@arcor.de> - 2026-03-09 18:54 +0100
    Re: Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-03-09 18:28 +0000
  Re: Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B? paul lee <usenet@vk3heg.net> - 2026-03-10 14:00 -0700
    Re: Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B? druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2026-03-10 19:52 +0000
      Re: Can I dd copy an sdcard image to a USB stick for a Pi 4B? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-11 00:48 +0000
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