you can get progress (without any other commands installed) like this: After you start dd, open another terminal and enter either: `sudo kill -USR1 $(pgrep ^d

you can get progress (without any other commands installed) like this: After you start dd, open another terminal and enter either: `sudo kill -USR1 $(pgrep ^dd$)` Or, if you're on BSD or OS X: `sudo kill -INFO $(pgrep ^dd$)` https://askubuntu.com/a/215521 https://askubuntu.com/a/215521 but etcher seems to be way faster than dd for me