| From: Daniel Wayne Armstrong <daniel@circuidipity.com> | I created an Ubuntu 14.04 boot image for the Pi 2 using (new to me) | *bmap-tools*. Using bmap-tools makes sense if you are handed a .bmap file. Apparently one was supplied in 2015-02-19-ubuntu-trusty.zip. The file 2015-02-19-ubuntu-trusty.img contained in the .zip originally had holes but these disappeared through the zipping. Neither NOOBS_v1_4_0.zip nor 2015-02-16-raspbian-wheezy.zip contain a .bmap file. It would be good if they did, assuming that there were significant holes. Oh, and assuming that bytes corresponding to holes need not be zeroed -- raw disks don't notionally have holes. | My notes for writing to microSD and setting up root to run | from an external USD hard drive: | | http://www.circuidipity.com/run-a-raspberry-pi-2-from-external-usb-storage.h... Thanks for these!