/dev/zero

[Darrin Chandler]

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. :)

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