flasher.sh
SBC image writer script with media verification and compressed image support.
Installation
bash <(wget -o /dev/null -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/foundObjects/sbc-flasher/master/install.sh)
# Debian/Ubuntu users:
sudo apt install -y pv
# Other distributions, install pv from your distro repository
Note: The installer will call sudo to install to /usr/local/sbin when needed, there's no need to run it with sudo or as root.
Use
Usage: ./flasher.sh (--flags) image(.img|.xz) /dev/target_block_device
Flags:
-W | --write-only | --write Write pass only, no verification
-V | --verify-only | --verify Verify only
-x | --debug Extremely verbose output (like bash -x ...)
--no-pv Don't use pipeviewer
Writing and verifying a compressed image:
root@pinebookpro:/data/images# flasher.sh pinebookpro-debian-mrfixit-191127.img.xz /dev/mmcblk0
writing xz compressed image to /dev/mmcblk0
5.01GiB 0:02:46 [30.8MiB/s] [==================================================================>] 100%
0+574861 records in
0+574861 records out
5377097728 bytes (5.4 GB, 5.0 GiB) copied, 181.469 s, 29.6 MB/s
Write successful
Verifying xz image
5.01GiB 0:03:37 [23.6MiB/s] [==================================================================>] 100%
Image verified successfully
Media verification:
root@pinebookpro:/data/images# flasher.sh --verify pinebookpro-debian-mrfixit-191127.img.xz /dev/mmcblk0
Verifying xz image
546MiB 0:00:23 [18.4MiB/s] [=====> ] 10% ETA 0:03:12