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From: cinap_lenrek@felloff.net
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: dd vs cat
Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 13:42:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FF0B32367717F5191AD2C0A26E7B1014@felloff.net> (raw)

should probably using cat here instead of dd, as dd
would use 512 byte block size by default which makes
the command below take forever. just use cat.

diff -r f0e1ced11e60 fqa4.ms
--- a/fqa4.ms	Fri May 17 20:22:31 2019 -0400
+++ b/fqa4.ms	Sat May 18 13:40:27 2019 +0200
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 
 1.) Write the ISO image directly to the USB device. Example:
 .P1
-dd < 9front.iso >/dev/sdUxxxxx/data
+cat 9front.iso >/dev/sdUxxxxx/data
 .P2
 
 2.) Alternately, the boot process is able to use an ISO image stored on a FAT file system as its root file system, so all that is needed is to install the


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cinap


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