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28 Dec
1999
28 Dec
'99
23:12
Jon Pennington wrote:
# This absolutely blanks the disk
jpennington@eureka:/ > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 dd: /dev/fd0: No space left on device 2881+0 records in 2880+0 records out
That's a very good example of something that dd (and /dev/zero) is useful for! I can't think of any other way of zeroing out a device that works half as easily or well. An associated trick is to use a loopback device that's associated with a file to zero out the file without changing its length. Useful, perhaps, for creating device images. Paul -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/