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Operating Systems Linux Ubuntu dd cloning of whole disk Post 302677667 by Corona688 on Thursday 26th of July 2012 01:26:57 PM
Old 07-26-2012
dd doesn't print progress output while running unless asked. If your disk light's flashing, it's not done.

If you're running Linux, you have gnu dd, which will print progress statistics when you give it SIGUSR1.

Code:
kill -USR1 pid

A terabyte disk could take a good number of hours, easily. I never did manage to get a 1.5T RAID mirroring done the same workday I started it. Don't give up yet. Sleep on it, and it'll probably be done in the morning.

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CD-INFO(1)							   User Commands							CD-INFO(1)

NAME
cd-info - shows Information about a CD or CD-image SYNOPSIS
cd-info [OPTION...] DESCRIPTION
-a, --access-mode=STRING Set CD access method -d, --debug=INT Set debugging to LEVEL -T, --no-tracks Don't show track information -A, --no-analyze Don't show filesystem analysis --no-cddb Don't look up audio CDDB information or print it -P, --cddb-port=INT CDDB port number to use (default 8880) -H, --cddb-http Lookup CDDB via HTTP proxy (default no proxy) --cddb-server=STRING CDDB server to contact for information (default: freedb.freedb.org) --cddb-cache=STRING Location of CDDB cache directory (default ~/.cddbclient) --cddb-email=STRING Email address to give CDDB server (default me@home) --no-cddb-cache Disable caching of CDDB entries locally (default caches) --cddb-timeout=INT CDDB timeout value in seconds (default 10 seconds) --no-device-info Don't show device info, just CD info --no-disc-mode Don't show disc-mode info --dvd Attempt to give DVD information if a DVD is found. -v, --no-vcd Don't look up Video CD information - for this build, this is always set -I, --no-ioctl Don't show ioctl() information -b, --bin-file[=FILE] set "bin" CD-ROM disk image file as source -c, --cue-file[=FILE] set "cue" CD-ROM disk image file as source -N, --nrg-file[=FILE] set Nero CD-ROM disk image file as source -t, --toc-file[=FILE] set cdrdao CD-ROM disk image file as source -i, --input[=FILE] set source and determine if "bin" image or device --iso9660 print directory contents of any ISO-9660 filesystems -C, --cdrom-device[=DEVICE] set CD-ROM device as source -l, --list-drives Give a list of CD-drives --no-header Don't display header and copyright (for regression testing) --no-joliet Don't use Joliet extensions --no-rock-ridge Don't use Rock-Ridge-extension information --no-xa Don't use XA-extension information -q, --quiet Don't produce warning output -V, --version display version and copyright information and exit Help options: -?, --help Show this help message --usage Display brief usage message AUTHOR
Rocky Bernstein rocky@gnu.org, based on the cdinfo program by Gerd Knorr <kraxel@bytesex.org> and Heiko Eissfeldt <heiko@hexco.de> COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003-2005, 2007-2008, 2011-2013 R. Bernstein This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU- LAR PURPOSE. Have driver: GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver Have driver: cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver Have driver: bin/cuesheet disk image driver Have driver: Nero NRG disk image driver Default CD-ROM device: /dev/sr0 SEE ALSO
cd-drive(1) for CD-ROM characteristics; iso-info(1) for information about an ISO-9660 image. cd-info December 2013 CD-INFO(1)
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