diff --git a/common/install_kicad_from_sources b/common/install_kicad_from_sources
index 5730cc98..17a494d4 100755
--- a/common/install_kicad_from_sources
+++ b/common/install_kicad_from_sources
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+set -e
+
 bzr launchpad-login "saipeloan" 
 bzr whoami "Cyryl Plotnicki-Chudyk <bzr@cyplo.net>" 
 
@@ -16,17 +18,21 @@ bzr checkout lp:kicad kicad.bzr
 cd kicad.bzr
 mkdir build
 cd build
+echo "compiling...."
 cmake -DKICAD_STABLE_VERSION=ON ../
 make clean
 make -j8
+echo "installing..."
 sudo make install
 
 # install component libraries
 cd ~/build/kicad
+echo "checking out libraries..."
 bzr checkout lp:~kicad-product-committers/kicad/library kicad-library.bzr
 cd kicad-library.bzr
 mkdir build 
 cd build/ 
+echo "installing libraries"
 cmake ../ 
 sudo make install
 
diff --git a/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh b/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh
index 7c5e8679..de9083c7 100755
--- a/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh
+++ b/fedora/install_kicad_fedora.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 sudo yum groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries" 
 sudo yum install bzr bzrtools cmake GLC_lib-devel glew-devel cairo-devel bzip2-devel wxGTK-devel openssl-devel doxygen patch
-./install_kicad.sh
+../common/install_kicad_from_sources
+
 
diff --git a/tools/backup_sdcard.sh b/tools/backup_sdcard
similarity index 82%
rename from tools/backup_sdcard.sh
rename to tools/backup_sdcard
index a3b127c2..5802fc82 100755
--- a/tools/backup_sdcard.sh
+++ b/tools/backup_sdcard
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ echo "about to clone $device to $dest_file"
 echo "ctrl-c or [enter]"
 read
 
-umount $device?
-umount $device
+sudo umount $device?
+sudo umount $device
 
+sudo sync
 sudo pv -tpreb $device | dd bs=4M | pixz > $dest_file
+sudo sync
 
diff --git a/tools/restore_sdcard b/tools/restore_sdcard
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c8e0c688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/restore_sdcard
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [[ -z $1 ]] || [[ -z $2 ]]; then
+    echo "usage: $0 restore_file.xz device_to_restore_to"
+    exit
+fi
+
+source_file=$1
+if [[ ! -f $source_file ]]; then
+    echo "cannot open $source_file"
+    exit
+fi
+
+device=$2
+
+echo "about to restore $source_file onto $device"
+echo "ctrl-c or [enter]"
+read
+
+sudo umount $device?
+sudo umount $device
+
+pv -tpreb $source_file | pixz -d | sudo dd bs=4M of=$device
+sudo sync
+sudo eject $device
+