Re: [Motion-user] Pre-built motion SD-card

[Colin L. <cl...@gm...>]

I use clonezilla for cloning cards. It has the great advantage that it only
saves and restores the card area that is in use rather than copying vast
areas of nothing.  Also it is not so easy to overwrite your system disc as
with dd.

Colin

On Sun, 8 Sep 2019, 07:28 Matt Grob, <mg...@gr...> wrote:

>
> Wow thanks for all the good info.
>
> I also was just reading about using dd for this - I’m pretty comfortable
> using dd and know the risks :)
>
> So…anyway… I was able to do this and it WORKED FINE.  But it takes a long
> time to the dd (read and write both).  But at least it’s an unattended
> delay - you just launch and come back later.
>
>
>
> There's now a 4.2.2 deb for buster at
> https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/releases :)
>
>
>
> Just installed!
>
> # Rename this distribution example file to motion.conf
> #
> # This config file was generated by motion 4.2.2
> # Documentation:  /usr/share/doc/motion/motion_guide.html
>
>
>
> And it’s running fine.  I’m getting used to the changes in motion.conf,
> for example seems there is no longer a default target_dir etc.
>
> Looking forward to experiment with passthrough mode.  (It’s not in the
> default .conf file - but I will try to add it)
>
>
>
> Thanks again for the responses.
>
>
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