Quick guide/reminder when installing phone images onto disks

phone_install_guide.md

Phone Image Installation Guide

Examples

• With dd: tar -Oxz image.tar.gz | dd of=... status=progress
• With pv: pv image.tar.gz | tar -Oxz | dd of=...
  • Not a tar archive: pv image.img.xz | xzcat | dd bs=2M of=/dev/sde1

Important flags

Flag	Description
-O	Redirect output to stdout
-x	Extract file

Formats

Extension	Format	tar flag
	Automatic	-a
bz2	bzip2	-j
xz	xz	-J
gz	gzip	-z