28 May
2015
28 May
'15
17:51
On 2015-05-28 19:07, Doug wrote:
What would be the command to specify a buffer when using dd?
"dd -help" does not show such a usage.
"bs". dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdZ bs=10MB It is about the first item in the man page :-) And on such a big copy job, I would try "oflag=nocache". Perhaps "direct". Otherwise, it eats the cache and the machine becomes unresponsive. Of course, if it is the only thing you are doing, it doesn't matter. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)