== Creating a Root Filesystem Tarball from a !BeagleBoard SD Card ==

 1. Mount the source SD Card and navigate to the root filesystem directory (the ext2 partition)
 2. Create a tarball of the root filesystem:

{{{
$ sudo tar czf /path/to/create/file/at/filename.tar.gz *
}}}

== Extract a Root Filesystem Tarball to an SD Card ==
 1. Mount the [http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/LinuxBootDiskFormat formatted] destination SD Card.
 1. Navigate to the location of the tarball.
 1. Extract the tarball created in the first part:

{{{
$ sudo tar xvzpf filename.tar.gz -C /path/to/SD/Card
}}}