Create a bootable USB stick from an ISO

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Great post, I learned stuff.

I just wanted to discuss a couple of things, for the sake of completeness:

  • "The Linux Programming Interface", in chapter 13 on "File I/O Buffering", concludes that near optimal buffer size for I/O throughput is 4096 bytes. It probably doesn't make a lot of difference but for that reason I've taken to using bs=4M as argument.
  • I've been using dd option: conv=fdatasync instead of doing a separate sync command, and I always neglected to run eject, did you ever see instances where sync was not sufficient? Have you tried conv=fdatasync?

PS:

I always thought it was "DiskDestroyer", but that makes more sense. ^^

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