{"id":11749,"date":"2015-01-09T14:42:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T14:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11749"},"modified":"2015-01-09T14:42:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T14:42:31","slug":"replicate-multiple-sd-cards-at-once-with-dcfldd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11749","title":{"rendered":"Replicate multiple SD cards at once with dcfldd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wV1AzzXuCSA\/VK6D9eZDMDI\/AAAAAAAAC98\/MosNsYI7elE\/s1600\/P1060887.JPG?resize=560%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a handy, albeit brief, tutorial and explanation from Richard Hayler in which he uses the enhanced Linux dd utility\u00a0dcfldd to write an SD card image to multiple SD cards at once. <a href=\"http:\/\/richardhayler.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/01\/making-your-own-sd-card-clone-army.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read how to do it here<\/a>. 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