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partitions
df
Free disk space
df -h
du
Folder size
du -sh --apparent-size .
Item sizes, sorted
du -sh --apparent-size * | sort -h
lsblk
Determine filesystem
lsblk --fs --paths --perms --output=+TRAN
Flash img
xz
xzcat 2024-03-15-raspios-bookworm-armhf-lite.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcbzz0 bs=1M oflag=sync status=progress
Backup
Backup SD card
sudo dd if=/dev/sdb of=./raspberrypi.dd.img bs=1M status=progress
Backup and zip
Backup and gzip
sudo dd if=/dev/X bs=1M | gzip > ./raspberrypi.dd.img.gz
Restore
sudo gzip --decompress --to-stdout ./raspberrypi.dd.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/X bs=1M
Create new partition table (MBR) and exfat partition
Clear partition table and create new one
sudo parted /dev/sda --script mklabel msdos
Create new partition
sudo parted /dev/sda --script mkpart primary 0% 100%
Same, but GPT partition table
Clear partition table and create new one
sudo parted /dev/sdb --script mklabel gpt
Create new partition
sudo parted /dev/sdb --script mkpart MYLABEL 0% 100%
Create filesystem and verify result
Create filesystem
sudo mkfs.exfat -n MYLABEL /dev/sda1
Verify partition table
sudo parted /dev/sda --script print
Careful with the commands above, they might erase
your drives permanently.
Double check you are using the correct device (e.g. /dev/sda).
Make sure you have a backup of all important data.