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Using the L4T tools, it is possible to create a carbon copy of Jetson TX1 by backing-up and restoring the eMMC partitions.<br />

The Jetson must be connected to a remote PC over USB and entered into recovery mode.  The TX2 cloning procedure is slightly different from [[Jetson/TX1 Cloning|TX1]].

== Cloning the Image ==

cd into the directory containing the L4T installation package on the host PC.  The command below will save the TX2's eMMC image to the specified file on the host.

  $ sudo ./flash.sh -r -k APP -G backup.img jetson-tx2 mmcblk0p1

In this case, we call the file backup.img, so the same flash.sh script can be re-used to format and flash other Jetson's with the image.

Note that if you receive an error from the script about unrecognized -G option, replace your flash.sh with the script from [https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1000105/jetson-tx2/tx2-cloning/post/5111893/#5111893 this post].

== Copy the backup raw image to flashing directory ==

copy the .raw file which contains complete image from source device.
 $ sudo cp backup.img.raw bootloader/system.img

== Restoring the Image ==

The recommended way to restore multiple units with different serial numbers is to save the image above as "system.img" and use the head L4T flashing script, flash.sh, with the -r option (to reuse your backed-up system.img without rebuilding the vanilla image from scratch):

   $ sudo ./flash.sh -r -k APP jetson-tx2 mmcblk0p1

==== Discussion Thread ====

see https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/1000105/?comment=5111893