NoobsImageBuilder

Build a .img file from a NOOBS .zip so you can blow it onto a RaspberryPi using dd.

This tool downloads a specific version of the NOOBS .zip distribution from the RASPI foundation, and creates a small .img file that can be loaded straight onto a factory bought microsd card. It's intended to be used with bulk card programmers, etc.

How to create a NOOBS image

1. Navigate to http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/NOOBS/images/ and check for the latest version of NOOBS.
2. Open the script buildNoobsImage.sh and enter the release-date version of NOOBS that you want into the variable NOOBS_FOLDER
3. Click through into the NOOBS version that you want on downloads.raspberrypi.org and note the NOOBS version that you want eg v2_3_0. Copy this information into the NOOBS_VERSION variable in the script.
4. Run the script. The NOOBS image will be created in ../NoobsImageBuilder/noobs_images/

If you've run this script on a Raspberry Pi

Get the image off the Pi with a flashdrive / shared folder. If you're using an NTFS formatted flash drive, make sure you execute sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g otherwise you won't be able to write to the flash drive.

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