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author | Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org> | 2023-03-11 19:44:53 +0000 |
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committer | Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org> | 2023-03-11 19:44:53 +0000 |
commit | 160f963c9563d9e2ea6e9738885498abbca4bec1 (patch) | |
tree | 20444c77c7ca6a18e8456ec65258623d783bf6d2 | |
parent | 3611c98457c3ce0d8607d32286d201528c37fac5 (diff) |
CD/faq/index: Update 'dd' command to use better parameters
-rw-r--r-- | english/CD/faq/index.wml | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/english/CD/faq/index.wml b/english/CD/faq/index.wml index 99f84dc7c67..7bd94a66ece 100644 --- a/english/CD/faq/index.wml +++ b/english/CD/faq/index.wml @@ -784,20 +784,20 @@ image to a USB flash drive:</p> <p>Alternatively you can also use <q>dd</q>:</p> -<p><code>dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=4M; sync</code></p> +<p><code>sudo dd if=<file> of=<device> bs=16M status=progress oflag=sync</code></p> <p>where:</p> <ul> - <li><file> is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q> + <li><file> is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q>. <li><device> is the device matching the USB flash drive, e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/sdb. <em>Be careful to make sure you have the right device name</em>, as this command is capable of writing over your hard disk just as easily if you get the wrong one!</li> - <li><q>bs=4M</q> tells dd to read/write in 4 megabyte chunks for - better performance; the default is 512 bytes, which will be much - slower - <li>The <q>sync</q> is to make sure that all the writes are flushed out - before the command returns. + <li><q>status=progress</q> outputs the current progress of the operation + in your terminal. + <li><q>oflag=sync</q> flushes the cache so the operation is really + finished when the command suceeds, the USB flash drive can be removed + right after the command is finished. </ul> <p>Additionally to the method above for Linux systems, there is also |