On Thursday 11 January 2007 16:57, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Actually, for dd the units are CS (1024, 1024 * 1024, 1024 * 1024 * > 1024, resp.). > > To wit: > > % dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=2K count=1M > 1048576+0 records in > 1048576+0 records out > 2147483648 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 1.30146 seconds, 1.7 GB/s > > If you divide it out, you find that it's using power-of-two Ks, Ms and > Gs (except for the summary line--go figure). > > Also, for some reason 'm' is not allowed, only 'M', but either 'k' > or 'K' are allowed but both mean 1024 (I tried 'em both). > > > Randall Schulz
And don't forget to swapon the file... man swapon for more info. Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
