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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  formatted destination SD Card.
  2. Navigate to the location of the tarball.
  3. Extract the tarball created in the first part: 
$ sudo tar xvzpf filename.tar.gz -C /path/to/SD/Card