Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: >>> > cp /path/to/file.iso /dev/sdX >>> dd if=whatever.iso of=/dev/sdX >> It's up to taste. > > Not at all. The only right answer is: > > pv -parIe </path/to/file.iso >/dev/sdX
Actually I'm not sure how good it is to have both -a and -r, pv doesn't really show which rate counter is which...