Re: /dev/zero

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Autor: Darrin Chandler
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Betreff: Re: /dev/zero
Kenneth wrote:

>Ummm, only do that if you're trying to lose everything on hda...
>
>
>>>The same thing happened with /dev/random
>>>what should I open it with?
>>>
>>>
>>cat /dev/urandom > /dev/hda
>>
>>


>>evil grin :>
>>
>>


What he *meant* was:

# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1

which still provides a good lesson about /dev/random. :)

-- 
Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
   |  http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/
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