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usb formatting (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Fun fact: you can use cat image.iso > /dev/device and it (should) just works.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago

Yay, more ways to (accidentally) destroy my data!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Or pv if you want a progress bar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Assuming /dev/device is not a symbolic link, you might as well

cp image.iso /dev/device
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Sure, if you're a little bitch.