Your new post is loading...
A USB card reader can be convenient if you need to read or write on a different SD card than the one running your system. For example, if you need to create a backup of your Raspberry Pi or transfer photos from a camera. But as many things on Linux, it’s not especially easy to use it. In this article, I’ll show you how to do it.
On most operating systems, a USB SD card reader will be detected as a USB key. On Raspberry Pi OS with Desktop, it will be mounted automatically and accessible via the file explorer (left menu). With a minimal version, the mount command can be used to access the files manually.
