Re: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda

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Author: irb
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda
* Quoth plug (), on Sat, 2004.06.26, at 20:46 -0700:
> Anyone have any idea how long that command should take to execute on a
> 80G drive? Does it actually drop back to the command prompt when
> complete, or does it start over at the beginning, when it finishes?


It might, if you don't tell it otherwise.

try adding "count=1".

/i.
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