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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Preserving the initial partionin/formatting of an usbstick | ||
| Date: | Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:20:56 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20160330192037.1c47f44d@digimed.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Preserving the initial partionin/formatting of an usbstick by Meino.Cramer@gmx.de | ||
| 1 | On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:35:33 +0200, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > By the way: For what stands the 'dd' for ? |
| 4 | > (Think unix!) |
| 5 | |
| 6 | The apocryphal story is that it is copy and convert, but cc was already |
| 7 | taken by the C compiler. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | If you have ever mistyped the of argument, you'll understand why some say |
| 10 | it stands for delete and destroy ;-) |
| 11 | |
| 12 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) is quite useful. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | -- |
| 16 | Neil Bothwick |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Top Oxymorons Number 11: Terribly pleased |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Preserving the initial partionin/formatting of an usbstick | Meino.Cramer@×××.de |