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Posted-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:51:29 GMT
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 00:51:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Riley Williams <rhw@MemAlpha.cx>
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To: Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.nu>
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Subject: Re: Need blocking /dev/null
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Hi Marko.

> PS Are /dev/null and /dev/zero also redundant?

I regularly use both...

 1. Find a download that doesn't appear where one expected it...

	find / -name "wanted-but-lost-download" 2> /dev/null

 2. Create a loop-mounted partition to populate as a CD image before
    burning the CD in question.

	dd if=/dev/zero bs=1048576 count=750 of=/tmp/cd.img
	mke2fs /tmp/cd.img
	mount -o loop /tmp/cd.img /img/cd

 3. Create a loop-mounted partition to populate as a floppy image.

	dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=1440 of=/tmp/floppy.img
	mke2fs /tmp/floppy.img
	mount -o loop /tmp/floppy.img /img/floppy

Neither has alternatives that make sense as far as I can see.

Best wishes from Riley.

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