Hi, I'm trying:
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda bs=1024 and I get a trickle of random out of /dev/random. Basically, I get a few records (4 or 5) when I break out of it after a few seconds. If I use /dev/urandom I seem to get a little more data, but still _very_ slow. usring /dev/null doesn't work at all, but /dev/zero does. Timing the process, urandom gives me about 1.8K/s. This running on ancient hardware (486). Is the random device that processor-hungry? Or is something else amiss? I'm on 2.0.103. Yan -- Yan Fitterer IT Manager, Royal Academy of Music E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marylebone Rd, London, NW1 5HT Phone (+44) 20 7873 7365 Fax (+44) 20 7873 7364
