Re: confused, seems to be my normal state
Jonas writes:
> Essentiall you want to copy all raw content onto the raw device.
> This works too (and not only with specially crafted zip files):
> $ unzip foo.zip
> $ su -c "cp image-unpacked-from-foo-zip /dev/sd_"
I'd add a sync command to be sure all buffers are flushed.
> dd is *not* a better tool for this task - that's just false rumors.
dd is faster with the right options but that only matters with really
large transfers, which this isn't.
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John Hasler
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Elmwood, WI USA
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