If you send a SIGUSR1 to dd it will spit out some progress information. Note that on OSX and BSD its SIGINFO ... USR1 will kill it. Don't ask me how I know this. On 11 Feb 2016 7:49 p.m., "Neil Stone" <neil.st...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another interesting tool I have come across recently is dcfldd. Use it the > same as dd but also has forensic capabilities and, helpfully, progress > indication. > On 11 Feb 2016 17:56, "Terry Coles" <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Thursday 11 February 2016 17:26:07 Neil Stone wrote: > > > Dump the image to the device root /dev/sdb not sdb1 > > > > Also, you shouldn't need to create a partition on the SD Card, because dd > > will > > do a sector by sector copy. > > > > See > > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/ > > linux.md for a detailed guide. > > > > -- > > > > Terry Coles > > > > > > > > -- > > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-03-01 20:00 > > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-03-01 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING > Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2016-03-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk / CHECK IF YOU'RE REPLYING Reporting bugs well: http://goo.gl/4Xue / TO THE LIST OR THE AUTHOR
