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-====== SSH Pub/Priv Keys ======
+====== dd ======
-Description: Using dd to create a USB bootable image.
+**General Information**
-The command
+Using dd to create a USB bootable image.
+**Checklist**
+  * Distros: All
+----
+===== The command =====
 <code bash>
 dd if=~/image.iso of=/dev/sdx oflag=direct  bs=2MB
 </code>
-Explanation
+==== Explanation ====
   * if = in file, the location of source image
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   * bs = write in the specified block size
-__Get DD status__
+----
+===== Get DD status =====
 To get a progress report while dd is running, you need to open another virtual terminal, and then send a special USR1 signal to the dd process.
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 watch -n 10 kill -USR1 8789
 </code>
+----
+===== Alternative DD status =====
+Another method of getting dd status is using pv.
+PV "monitors the progress of data through a pipe".
+The dd command then becomes:
+<code bash>
+dd if=~/image.iso | pv -petr | of=/dev/sdx oflag=direct  bs=2MB
+</code>
+pv options
+  * -p : show progress bar
+  * -e : estimated time remaining
+  * -t : timer on, show total time running
+  * -r : rate of data transfer