On Mi, 16 ian 13, 00:27:48, Brian wrote: > > Different authors; different recommendations. I'd see cp, dd and cat as > equivalent in what they do. cp in the Guide was altered from cat because > some systems require you to be root to use 'cat ISO > /dev/sdX'. $ ls -l /dev/sdb brw-rw---T 1 root floppy 8, 16 ian 17 11:08 /dev/sdb As long as the user is member of 'floppy' any tool will work. As far as I recall 'dd' has been replaced by 'cp' because due to the default small block size (512 B?) it is slower. The 'cp' command is just simpler. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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