Hey Alan!

32G SanDisk Cruzer Glide - USB 3.0, Type A male plug
# dd if=slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress 4970861056 bytes (5.0 GB, 4.6 GiB) copied, 2532 s, 2.0 MB/s
9710064+0 records in
9710064+0 records out
4971552768 bytes (5.0 GB, 4.6 GiB) copied, 2535.76 s, 2.0 MB/s

There goes 42 minutes I'll never get back.

64G Lexar D300 USB 3.2 Gen 1, Type A male plug
# dd if=slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress 4963467776 bytes (5.0 GB, 4.6 GiB) copied, 622 s, 8.0 MB/s
9710064+0 records in
9710064+0 records out
4971552768 bytes (5.0 GB, 4.6 GiB) copied, 630.669 s, 7.9 MB/s

Just a tad under 4x faster but still +10 minutes of my life gone to testing el-cheapo flash disks. However one more test as the Leexar has a USB-C male plug on the opposite end of the pen drive. Is there a difference?

64G Lexar D300 USB 3.2 Gen 1, Type C male plug
# dd if=slackware64-current-install-dvd.iso of=/dev/sda status=progress 4963172864 bytes (5.0 GB, 4.6 GiB) copied, 611 s, 8.1 MB/s
9710064+0 records in
9710064+0 records out
4971552768 bytes (5.0 GB, 4.6 GiB) copied, 616.133 s, 8.1 MB/s

Slightly faster but nothing to write /home to the mothership about.

For the record the sata ssd on both the type a and c produced the same result at 395 MB/s transfer rates, which compared to the above rates is astronomically superior if one ignores the cost differential.

Дуже груви,
Maurice

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Slightly faster but nothing to write /home to the mothership about.

Yeah, the thumb drive variety are handy but are slow at the best of times.

Mine re all quite old now. Maybe I should invest in some new ones.

BTW, I read that someone has stood up to maintain the LFS SysV book. If it works out as planned there may be a light at the end of that tunnel.

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Hey Alan!

Mine re all quite old now. Maybe I should invest in some new ones.

The 2 I posted about I bought the same day and were dirt cheap compared to the first one I ever owned witch was back in 1999-ish. I had to order it from a Canadian techie firm which was located in N. Carolina. I forget the name of that company but the usb flash drive was a M-Systems 8M jobber if I am not mistaken. I also have a 2.5" 44-pin SSD (1G) that still works ... or it did the last time I chacked. I lack a 44-pin controller at the moment.

BTW, I read that someone has stood up to maintain the LFS SysV book.
If it works out as planned there may be a light at the end of that
tunnel.

Awesome! Keeping fingers crossed here.

Дуже груви,
Maurice

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