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dd write iso to usb with progress also on high mem system
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dd-iso2usb.sh
sudo dd if=debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-gnome.iso of=/dev/sda bs=4M oflag=direct status=progress && sync
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mortn commented May 2, 2022

Important part is oflag=direct that skips system buffering. Otherwise if is just loaded into memory which causes dd to not show progress

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