Want to build your own custom Raspbian SD card image? Like enabling ssh, modifying /boot/config.txt, doing an apt update, enabling VNC, or installing something?
Have a pile of sd cards and curious what's on them? (and don't want to boot them, one at a time, in a Pi?)
Want to run two versions of Raspbian at once?
Or, how about running Raspbian Stretch on a Pi 4?
- Boot - Powered by Vdesktop. Runs the Raspbian image in a virtual machine. It even shows the desktop!
- Flash - Flashes Raspbian directly from the Internet to the selected device. Tuned for maximum speed, proven by benchmarks.
- Mount - Full control to manage loop devices and mountpoints.
- Edit - Auto-creates a loop device, then lets you mess up its partitions with Gparted.
- Resize - Add or remove free space from a disk image with a single click. <-- This also repairs the image!
Sneak peek:
Want to give it a spin? Great!
Run this command in a terminal in the desktop session, not from the console:
wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/Pi-Power-Tools/master/update | bash
This clones the repository to /home/pi/Pi-Power-Tools, adds a menu button, clones my vdesktop repo, and asks permission before installing YAD. Nothing is modified outside of your home directory.
- Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, or 4B (untested on older models)
- Running Raspbian Buster or Stretch
- Passwordless
sudoability forpiuser - Internet connection (recommended for update checking & img downloading)
After installing, Pi Power Tools can be launched from the Menu:
If it's not working for you, please open an issue.
sudo apt purge gparted yad systemd-container xserver-xephyr expect
rm -rf ${HOME}/Pi-Power-Tools ${HOME}/Pi-Power-Tools.old
rm ${HOME}/Desktop/ppt.desktop ${HOME}/.local/share/applications/ppt.desktop
The menu button opens this window by default. Enter IMG Mode or USB Mode from here. The Update button will appear if an update is available.
Currently, you can change what the menu button opens by default - (Flash, IMG Mode, USB Mode, and Home), if the Boot Button launches the Desktop, whether or not to run zerofree when the Shrink Button is clicked, and how much free space to add when the 'X GB free' button is clicked.
Customize Raspbian Images.
Before you can see that above page, you first have to select an img.
4 ways to select a Raspbian Image:
- Click the arrow on the right to see any previously used disk images:
- Drag-n-drop a Raspbian image from File Manager to the text box:
- Click Download New to download & unzip a new Rasp
