Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:30:46 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Second severe crash in six weeks Message-ID: <20170317213046.92362227450584694b653ed6@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1703171520110.23129@wonkity.com> References: <20170315222221.GA18691@becker.bs.l> <eb296c6a-a437-9b02-3e80-067eaba2cf04@FreeBSD.org> <20170317195043.GA5295@becker.bs.l> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1703171355520.23129@wonkity.com> <20170317202959.GA1249@becker.bs.l> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1703171520110.23129@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 15:21:28 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > > On Friday, 17. Mar 2017, 13:56:54 -0600, Warren Block wrote: > >> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >> > >>> On Thursday, 16. Mar 2017, 08:59:44 +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >>>> On 15/03/2017 22:22, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > >>> > >>> # dd if=/dev/zero of=usbstick.img bs=1M count=7552 > >> > >> A count should not be necessary, it will stop when it runs out of > >> input. > > > > The file name is "usbstick.img" but it is still a file. The > > count is the length of the USB stick I'm planning to dd to. > > This is still not needed. Either it will run out of file and end, or . I suggest you try dd if=/dev/zero of=somefile bs=1M and observe that it does not stop until the filesystem is full or you hit a hard quota limit. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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