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Bootable Linux USB stick: Difference between revisions
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Save a compressed disk image - we use the parallel gzip program called pigz: | Save a compressed disk image - we use the parallel gzip program called pigz: | ||
pigz -c < /dev/sdX > usbstick.img.gz | |||
(time: ~180 secs speed: ~175MB/s, size of image: 1.8 GB) | (time: ~180 secs speed: ~175MB/s, size of image: 1.8 GB) | ||
write compressed image back to a stick: | write compressed image back to a stick: | ||