[OFFTOPIC] Fun with pv and broken drive (was: `pv` rates)

2021-08-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
Stefan Monnier [2021-08-02 15:09:38] wrote: > E.g. the average has moved up to ~80kB/s since my last message). For your entertainment: I managed to bring the average rate up to about 1MB/s by running `lvs` in a loop at the same time (and that let me see occasionally a transfer rate around

Re: `pv` rates

2021-08-04 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 Aug 2021 at 15:09:38 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> If it weren't for the first sometimes changing to > >> 44.xKiB/s it'd be hard to know which is which (IIUC the average is > >> higher because occasionally the drive gives a more reasonable transfer > >> rate than that measly

Re: `pv` rates

2021-08-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> If it weren't for the first sometimes changing to >> 44.xKiB/s it'd be hard to know which is which (IIUC the average is >> higher because occasionally the drive gives a more reasonable transfer >> rate than that measly 45kB/s). > > So now we're left wondering how you came by this situation.

`pv` rates (was: burn iso to usb)

2021-08-02 Thread Stefan Monnier
Anssi Saari [2021-08-02 19:04:59] wrote: > David Wright writes: >> On Mon 02 Aug 2021 at 16:14:15 (+0300), Anssi Saari wrote: >>> Stefan Monnier writes: >>> >>> > cp /path/to/file.iso /dev/sdX >>> >>> dd if=whatever.iso of=/dev/sdX >>> >> It's up to taste. >>> > >>> > Not at all. The only

Re: `pv` rates (was: burn iso to usb)

2021-08-02 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 Aug 2021 at 13:26:19 (-0400), Stefan Monnier wrote: > Anssi Saari [2021-08-02 19:04:59] wrote: > > David Wright writes: > >> On Mon 02 Aug 2021 at 16:14:15 (+0300), Anssi Saari wrote: > >>> Stefan Monnier writes: > >>> >>> > cp /path/to/file.iso /dev/sdX > >>> >>> dd if=whatever.iso