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[https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AKedOLTSdWqHnMDqkrg4ZF52ECibGmSNo6b8gdCJ-EE_Hw] Calder Curtis [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClI_61L-C07UHur-xEw9stw] 9 months ago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PekWCxcOAI&lc=Ugwa0GA5WIkcaEHjuNN4AaABAg]

It’s been 2 hours and it’s still hasn’t completed the copy.

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 [https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AKedOLQ4bmXTPewDuAEcoP1WLw14sI-M-WTUVAZjJA] Leedus McClein [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO7D873s5sPhUNJTHj24bPQ] 9 minutes ago (edited) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PekWCxcOAI&lc=Ugwa0GA5WIkcaEHjuNN4AaABAg.9KIVYb9WfrD9Vv-T0z3o3B]

 That is because transferring at a block size of 512 bytes is slow. If you used 'cat /dev/sda > /output/folder/file.iso' it would transfer at or around the max speed of your hard drive(s). I wonder if I should use dd though since it has the noerror option/flag. From dd --help: "noerror = continue after read errors", "sync = pad every input block with NULs to ibs-size; when used with block or unblock, pad with spaces rather than NULs", "excl = fail if the output file already exists". I don't really understand sync.