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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by 2III7 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:50PM (#28159303)
The DIY version of this is a bunch of USB hubs combined with a set of these readers https://www.kingston.com/en/memory-card-readers/mobilelite-p...

And writing the cards can be done with Balena Etcher https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Works well enough and much cheaper than the Pro version. Using it regularly to provision Raspverry Pi-s.

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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by konmouz on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:57PM (#28160731)
This setup can work well. EtcherPro is using the standard Etcher app too. The performance and the UX won't be the same, but as you said it will be much cheaper.
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