Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dd isos

2005-12-15 Thread Uwe Thiem
On 15 December 2005 23:56, Hani Duwaik wrote: > On 12/15/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:29:55 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote: > > > > I don't use it any more because it is slow, cp and cat give the same > > > > result and are faster. > > > > > > dd is not slowe

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dd isos

2005-12-15 Thread Hani Duwaik
On 12/15/05, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:29:55 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote:> > I don't use it any more because it is slow, cp and cat give the same> > result and are faster.>> dd is not slower than cp/cat if you increase the block size from the > default 512 byte

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dd isos

2005-12-15 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:29:55 +0100, Harald Arnesen wrote: > > I don't use it any more because it is slow, cp and cat give the same > > result and are faster. > > dd is not slower than cp/cat if you increase the block size from the > default 512 bytes. Increasing the block size does make it /almo