From 160f963c9563d9e2ea6e9738885498abbca4bec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Henrique <samueloph@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:44:53 +0000
Subject: CD/faq/index: Update 'dd' command to use better parameters

---
 english/CD/faq/index.wml | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'english/CD')

diff --git a/english/CD/faq/index.wml b/english/CD/faq/index.wml
index 99f84dc7c67..7bd94a66ece 100644
--- a/english/CD/faq/index.wml
+++ b/english/CD/faq/index.wml
@@ -784,20 +784,20 @@ image to a USB flash drive:</p>
 
 <p>Alternatively you can also use <q>dd</q>:</p>
 
-<p><code>dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=&lt;device&gt; bs=4M; sync</code></p>
+<p><code>sudo dd if=&lt;file&gt; of=&lt;device&gt bs=16M status=progress oflag=sync</code></p>
 
 <p>where:</p>
 <ul>
-  <li>&lt;file&gt; is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q>
+  <li>&lt;file&gt; is the name of the input image, e.g. <q>netinst.iso</q>.
   <li>&lt;device&gt; is the device matching the USB flash drive,
   e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/sdb. <em>Be careful to make sure you have the right
   device name</em>, as this command is capable of writing over your hard
   disk just as easily if you get the wrong one!</li>
-  <li><q>bs=4M</q> tells dd to read/write in 4 megabyte chunks for
-  better performance; the default is 512 bytes, which will be much
-  slower
-  <li>The <q>sync</q> is to make sure that all the writes are flushed out
-  before the command returns.
+  <li><q>status=progress</q> outputs the current progress of the operation
+  in your terminal.
+  <li><q>oflag=sync</q> flushes the cache so the operation is really
+  finished when the command suceeds, the USB flash drive can be removed
+  right after the command is finished.
 </ul>
 
 <p>Additionally to the method above for Linux systems, there is also
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