Re: [gentoo-user] Preserving the initial partionin/formatting of an usbstick

Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> [16-03-30 17:12]:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:36:15 +0100, Mick wrote:
>
> > Also worth mentioning is dcfldd which unlike dd can show progress of
> > the bit stream and also produce hashes of the transferred output.  It
> > has the same performance as the dd command though.
>
> I can't find the reference right now, but I did read that dcfldd
> determines the best block size on the fly if none is given. It's
> certainly faster than dd when copying images to USB frives (my main use
> for it) when given no block size.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation.

Sounds it will be the tool of choice for that purpose, Neil ! :)

Best regards,
Meino