Dave Ihnat wrote:
> On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 10:38:08AM +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
>>   head -c 10000000 /dev/zero >/dev/sdc
>>
>> will zero a few megabytes and make the disk to appear perfectly clean.
> 
> Hmm...just curious; why didn't you just cat /dev/zero >/dev/sdc?
> 
Because it is a case of overkill, and will also tale a LONG time
with a disk of any size.

Mikkel
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