On Thu 17 Jan 2013 at 11:17:50 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 16 ian 13, 00:27:48, Brian wrote: > > > > Different authors; different recommendations. I'd see cp, dd and cat as > > equivalent in what they do. cp in the Guide was altered from cat because > > some systems require you to be root to use 'cat ISO > /dev/sdX'. > > $ ls -l /dev/sdb > brw-rw---T 1 root floppy 8, 16 ian 17 11:08 /dev/sdb > > As long as the user is member of 'floppy' any tool will work. As far as > I recall 'dd' has been replaced by 'cp' because due to the default small > block size (512 B?) it is slower. The 'cp' command is just simpler.
Please see #660776. The changelog has: > * Use dd of= instead of cat >, to save users who use sudo. Advise to make > sure the stick is unmounted. Closes: #660776. and > * Simply use cp instead of dd to prepare USB stick. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130117104543.GU32121@desktop
