previously on this list Kevin Chadwick contributed: > /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd?c
Whoops, you should use the raw device on OpenBSD too. The following is much faster at zeroing /bin/dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd?c bs=32k -- _______________________________________________________________________ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) In Other Words - Don't design like polkit or systemd _______________________________________________________________________ I have no idea why RTFM is used so aggressively on LINUX mailing lists because whilst 'apropos' is traditionally the most powerful command on Unix-like systems it's 'modern' replacement 'apropos' on Linux is a tool to help psychopaths learn to control their anger. (Kevin Chadwick) _______________________________________________________________________
