Super weird dd problem

masterkorp · 2013-06-09 21:25:48

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Hello,

So I was creating a archlinux usb bootable drive:

[root@masterkorp-laptop Downloads]# dd bs=4M if=archlinux-2013.06.01-dual.iso of=/dev/sdb
130+1 records in
130+1 records out
548405248 bytes (548 MB) copied, 0.964976 s, 568 MB/s

I was like WOW, this was too fast! But nothing ever gets written to
the pen drive.
To add to the weird factor, a dd to dev/sdb1 (partition) works as it
should, slowly. But then ofcourse the iso gets unbootable.

The md5sum on the iso is correct.
I tried with diferent pen drives.

Please, any suggestions is welcome.

WonderWoofy · 2013-06-09 21:32:38

sync?

jasonwryan · 2013-06-09 21:55:45

Not an Installation issue, moving to Apps & DEs...

masterkorp · 2013-06-09 22:02:11

WonderWoofy wrote:

sync?

I did indeed run sync. Nothing
And activity led on the pen drive does not even blink.

jasonwryan wrote:

Not an Installation issue, moving to Apps & DEs...

Sorry, and thanks for the move.

R00KIE · 2013-06-10 10:48:27

It would be good to know which usb drive we are talking about, if it has any "features" such as U3 or if it was an offer and came with publicity materials or something like that.

karol · 2013-06-10 10:50:35

OP posted his question to the ML https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail … 33660.html
No solution yet.

R00KIE · 2013-06-10 13:07:49

It should be decided where to continue the discussion, cross posting is not such a good idea as some people will not be kept on the loop. On the forum it might get more exposure but on the ML it might get the attention of people with more knowledge/experience. That said, I'll (re)post my question on the ML.

anatolik · 2013-06-10 20:31:11

My best guess is that it is a hardware issue. Noname USB drives quite often have this kind of issues - they report operation finished but in fact it is not.

I burned images to USB/SD cards ~dozen times this year and never had any issues.Try to check it with another USB drive (my recommendation is SanDisk Cruzer).

jasonwryan · 2013-06-10 21:11:59

This can continue on the ML. If a definitive answer is provided, I'll add it here for future reference.

Closing.

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#1 2013-06-09 21:25:48

Super weird dd problem

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