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Date:      Fri, 30 Sep 2022 09:33:55 -0700
From:      Craig Leres <leres@freebsd.org>
To:        Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Block sizes for dd(1) to USB memory sticks (flash drives) for installers for FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3ea35f4d-8efa-cf93-d462-0d8ce997b7aa@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <1cede94a-c114-17fa-a81c-bb58c2b5879c@freebsd.org>
References:  <1cede94a-c114-17fa-a81c-bb58c2b5879c@freebsd.org>

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On 9/30/22 00:26, Graham Perrin wrote:
> <https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.1R/announce/#_availability>; and 
> elsewhere:
> 
> bs=1m
> 
> Why so small?
> 
> I find things much faster with a larger block size. Is this my imagination?

I rarely use dd after learning about recoverdisk(1). But I see why dd 
would be referenced in installation instructions (e.g. switching from a 
linux distro).

		Craig



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