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On Sat, 17 May 2014, at 8:46 am, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> a) Unlike other commands, pv will give you a progress bar so that you know how |
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> long your back up is taking. |
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I've been using ddrescue recently - by default it seems to be faster than plain old regular dd. |
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I assume it must be possible to adjust the parameters (blocksize?) to speed dd up, but I just want to run the command and not have to bother tinkering. |
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On dumb blind copies, I'm finding ddrescue about 3x or 4x faster than dd, I would estimate. |
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Stroller. |
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