On Wednesday 26 November 2008 20:17:47 Ivan Shmakov wrote: > Rather, it should look like: > > $ dd if=/dev/null of=live-rw bs=1G seek=1 # for a 1G image file > $ ls -gGl live-rw > -rw-r--r-- 1 1073741824 ... live-rw
This is bogus too as it creates a file big as all free space in the target devive..., better: $ dd if=/dev/zero of=live-rw bs=1 count=1 seek=1G # for 1G +1 byte image And it is way faster. > $ > > Also, there's no point in going superuser in order to use `mkfs' > (on a regular file that one's own); consider: > > $ /sbin/mkfs -t ext2 -F live-rw ack, applied Applied also the other corrections, thanks for the help. -- ESC:wq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
