How often do you use dd that this really matters? Just curious. I’ve run dd maybe 20 times in the 5-6 years I’ve worked with Linux professionally.
The nice thing with ^T versus status=progress is that ^T will work even when dd was invoked from some script that you don't necessarily want to edit, etc.
I first came to love it learning how to fix my bootloader and undo all sorts of horrible things I'd done to my system when I was a teenager exploring Linux well over a decade ago. I also worked in repair for a while and there it was indispensable for data recovery purposes along with its cousin ddrescue.
Now I just use it for my constant tinkering needs.
dd conv=sparseWhy does it matter? Use `bs=$((4 * 1024 * 1024))`. It'll work perfectly for any imaginable block size.
My issue with dd is that it's possible to write corrupted data with some weird flags which I did once. Something with conv=sync I believe which does unexpected things. But if you're not trying to be too smart, dd works fine.
Inevitably it turns out my idea was not as useful as it seemed when it first popped in my head, so after a few weeks/months that Pi is turned off and returned to the pi drawer.... ready for the next brilliant idea.
(ps. I typically use the `pv` command to see progress with stuff other than dd)
Love that philosophy of keeping an inventory (recycled in this case) of Raspberry Pi’s !
Do you buy a Pi when first starting a project?