Quoting John Hasler (2019-09-18 15:38:11) > 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. Interesting, and new to me. Please demonstrate just one single example of dd being faster than cp to transfer a full raw image to a raw device! - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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