-=> Rob Morley wrote to Dan Clough <=-

 > Putting Raspian on an SD card in Linux is very simple.  Like this:
 >
 > Either as root, or using sudo:
 >
 > dd bs=4M if=raspian_file.img of=/dev/mmcblk0
 >
 > That's all there is to it.  Will take a few minutes to finish.
 >
 > Obviously, use the correct filename where I wrote
 > 'raspian_file.img' there above, and the 'mmcblk0' is *usually* the
 > correct name of the SD card.
 >
 > After that just put the SD in the Pi, and boot it up.  Done.

 RM> Don't forget to expand the second partition to use all of the
 RM> card (or create a separate partition to use the space) if
 RM> raspbian doesn't do it automatically (I've had fresh
 RM> installations where I had to use the option in raspi-config, and
 RM> others where it happened automatically - I'm not sure what the
 RM> difference was that caused this behaviour).

I believe that on the several most recent versions of Raspian, 
this has been automated.  Happens automatically right at the 
beginning of the process every time for me.


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