Run dd with something like
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx
Now in another terminal, do ps ax| grep dd
Look at the process id (first column) of the dd command
Use that process id as input for
sudo kill -SIGUSR1 <pid>
This will force dd to print a status update
http://serverfault.com/questions/4906/using-dd-for-disk-cloning
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