Re: How long should a dd take

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: How long should a dd take
Date	2020-03-27 21:47 +0100
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On 27/03/2020 21.13, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:31:35 +0000 The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>
>> On 27/03/2020 17:44, Rich wrote:
>>> ow, you've attacked T, quite rightly so, many times here for omitting
>>> useful details in his original posts, and here you go, doing what you
>>> attack T for, ommitting useful details in your original post.
>> look at my later post in which I dumped the output of smartctl
>>
>> Look at the title. Nowhere does it say 'hey you self appointed experts,
>> what's the best way of backing up a drive?'
>>
>> It specifically asks how long dd takes.
> 
> With the default setting for bs, a very long time.  dd's defaults are mostly
> wrong much of the time.

With 30 years of purported unix/linux experience, I would not have made 
that mistake ;-)


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: How long should a dd take "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-24 13:13 +0100
    Re: How long should a dd take The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-03-24 16:37 +0000
      Re: How long should a dd take Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2020-03-24 12:25 -0500
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          Re: How long should a dd take "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-25 21:25 +0100
            Re: How long should a dd take The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-03-26 12:25 +0000
              Re: How long should a dd take "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-26 13:52 +0100
                Re: How long should a dd take The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-03-26 15:43 +0000
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                Re: How long should a dd take The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2020-03-28 05:30 +0000
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                Re: How long should a dd take Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2020-03-27 21:12 +0000
                Re: How long should a dd take Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2020-03-27 20:35 -0500
                Re: How long should a dd take Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2020-03-27 21:35 -0400
                Re: How long should a dd take Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2020-03-27 20:35 -0500
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  Re: How long should a dd take Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2020-03-24 08:21 -0500
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    Re: How long should a dd take "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-24 21:46 +0100
      Re: How long should a dd take Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@verizon.net> - 2020-03-24 17:09 -0400
        Re: How long should a dd take "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-03-25 01:20 +0100
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