On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 11:10:50AM +1000, George at Clug wrote: [...]
> I do not know what the aim of the above dd statement is, as I have yet to > learn how to make use of dd. > > If the aim is to make a bootable USB then I like to use: > # cp debian-12.6.0-arm64-DVD-1.iso /dev/sdl They both do the same. With dd you have some handy options you don't have with cp [1], that's all. > But I guess a micro-sd behaves differently to a USB ? Not in this context. All your userspace sees is a block device. The kernel takes care of the rest. Cheers [1] I like to add oflag=sync status=progress in this context. -- t
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