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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by automato on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:11PM (#28160243)
i don't think it's a GUI for "dd", at least it works way faster than "dd" for all the cards I've tried.
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Re:Balena Etcher Pro – Fast write to multiple cards or USB d... by KMnO4 on Thursday August 12, 2021 @03:18PM (#28160313)
You’re most likely using dd wrong then. Perhaps an incorrect block size or not writing to the raw device (e.g on Mac, that would be /dev/rdisk1).

That said, the fact that Etcher doesn’t require you to know this is a plus.

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