Jonas writes:
> Essentiall you want to copy all raw content onto the raw device.

> This works too (and not only with specially crafted zip files):

>  $ unzip foo.zip
>  $ su -c "cp image-unpacked-from-foo-zip /dev/sd_"

I'd add a sync command to be sure all buffers are flushed.

> dd is *not* a better tool for this task - that's just false rumors.

dd is faster with the right options but that only matters with really
large transfers, which this isn't.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhas...@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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