Subj : there must be a price to pay
To   : Alan Ianson
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sun Feb 15 2026 03:03 am

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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