I have an SD card with NOOBS on it.
I need to transfer some files to it to run them on the PI.
May I write files to the sd card with the os on it without hurting the os? Is the OS loaded into memory on the PI?
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Sign up to join this communityYes, you can write files directly to the card if you plug the SD card into another computer. It will not cause any harm to the OS, as long as you put the files in the right partition.
scp
filename on the PCpi@raspberry://home/pi/
" to copy that file to (you can also retrieve a file with a known name from the remote system) thepi
user's home directory on the RPi. It is also possible to set up various file-system servers e.g.samba
(CIFS sharing like Windows) or the *nixnfs
system.