For people that don't want to use a 2nd terminal, and/or are working in single user mode.
I usually do the =1M also, and the default for dd has always sucked going back 30+ years. On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 6:56 PM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote: > > On 11/1/22 11:13, Roger Heflin wrote: > > I usually add a bs=4k or bs=16k or a bs=256k when using dd so the > > blocksize is larger. That usually makes it quite a bit faster. > > I usually use at least bs=1M. > > > And if you background the dd you can use "vmstat 1" and the bi/bo > > columns tell you the actual disk io rates, and you can use that to > > reliably estimate. > > A much more friendly disk speed option is "iostat 5" (the 5 is how many > seconds between updates). > > You can also use "status=progress" as a dd option. > > Why would you background dd versus using a second terminal tab? > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
