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minus-square@9point6link24•edit-26 months agoWhy stop there curl $windows_iso_url | sudo dd of=/dev/sda bs=4M && sudo sync; sudo reboot (Do not run this)
minus-square@9point6link12•6 months agoMakes sure all writes are flushed to disk On reflection probably not needed as I think reboot does that too
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•edit-26 months agoSync the internal drive cache with the disk. IIRC
Why stop there
curl $windows_iso_url | sudo dd of=/dev/sda bs=4M && sudo sync; sudo reboot(Do not run this)
What does sync do?
Makes sure all writes are flushed to disk
On reflection probably not needed as I think reboot does that too
Ah sync from RAM to disk?
Sync the internal drive cache with the disk. IIRC