On Tue 29 Mar 2022 at 20:57:48 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 11:16:07AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > > On 3/29/22 10:32, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > [...] > > > > Again, I wouldn't use Balena Etcher - I would use dd if you have > > > a Linux machine around - you can always reformat the USB drive afterwards. > > > > > > FWIW Balena Etcher worked and my attempt with dd did not. > > One of the caveats with dd (or cat, or...) is that you might > be tempted to pull the USB stick too early, while the write > is still flushing data out. With big sticks and big RAMs the > effect is more pronounced. I have the impression that I've > had less failures since then (perhaps I'm of the impatient > kind, who knows ;-)
A reasonable observation. However, it should be noted that there has never been a well-documneted case of dd, cat or cp failing. I doubt the OP will provide substantial reproducible evidence, whatever "worked" meant. -- Brian.