Re: OT: minimum bs for dd?
On Mon 17 May 2021 at 08:59:43 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
[...]
> I'll raise you 'cp':
>
> cp foo.iso /dev/sdb
>
>
> which is both fast and short to type (apparently it's smart about using
> the correct block size).
>
> Unfortunately it's missing dd's equivalent of status=progress.
As an aside:
cat <foo.iso >/dev/sdb
was originally recommended in the Installation Guide but was replaced
with
cp foo.iso /dev/sdb
because the cat command gives problems when used with sudo.
--
Brian.
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