Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to misconfigure USB ports in the kernel?

[Dale]

Michael wrote:
> You may want to run some tests on the sticks you have, if only to bottom out
> what their performance is on different PCs and USB ports:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/run/media/<USER>/<STICK_LABEL>/TESTFILE bs=512
> count=600000 oflag=direct conv=notrunc,fsync status=progress
>
> Use a large enough file to make sure the USB controller cache gets saturated.
>
> You could use a ramdisk/tmpfs as an input file.
>
> If you write directly to the device as Dale suggested it will wipe data, so
> keep a backup of anything you need first.


I checked the man page, I see nothing about the show progress option. 
You can bet I'll try that next time tho.  I saw a video of someone else
using it and it is a lot easier than having to switch Konsoles and type
in more commands. 

Thanks for sharing that option, that isn't in the freaking manual I
might add.  This is one time where telling someone to read the manual
wouldn't work. ROFL 

Awesome!!

Dale

:-)  :_)