dd: write to multiple disks?
You could try dcfldd
It's an enhanced version of gnu dd
and it can output to multiple files or disks at the same time:
dcfldd if=masi.img of=/dev/disk2 of=/dev/disk3 of=/dev/disk4
Borrowing from don_crissti's answer using
tee
, but withoutdd
or bashisms:sudo tee /dev/disk2 /dev/disk3 > /dev/disk4 < masi.img
Using
pee
from Debian's moreutils package:sudo dd if=masi.img | \ pee "dd of=/dev/disk2" "dd of=/dev/disk3" "dd of=/dev/disk4"
With
bash
,ksh
, orzsh
, that can be abbreviated to:sudo dd if=masi.img | pee "dd of=/dev/disk"{2..4}
Or even, (if there's no need for
dd
's useful functions):sudo pee "dd of=/dev/disk"{2..4} < masi.img
pee
is useful; if required one may include, (within each quoted argument), additional distinctdd
options, and even other pipes and filters, individually tailored to each output device.
With either method the number of output disks can be extended indefinitely.
Also this is possible with tee
and process substitution
:
dd if=/dev/sda | tee >(dd of=/dev/sdb) >(dd of=/dev/sdc) | dd of=/dev/sdd