Re: [tlug] Tip of the Day: "ghosting" a machine with nc and dd

["Daniel A. Ramaley" <daniel.ramaley@example.com>]

On Tuesday 17 July 2007 18:16, Josh Glover wrote:
>Is it necessary to set the blocksize at all with dd? I have not found
>so in modern Linux, but I would like to know if you chaps feel
>differently.

It isn't *necessary*, but it often speeds up the transfer. I usually use 
1M; RAM on machines made in the last 10 years is cheap enough 
to "waste" a megabyte.

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