Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:04:36 +0200 From: "Frank J. Beckmann" <frank@barda.agala.net> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is gzero? Message-ID: <200509262304.40932.frank@barda.agala.net> In-Reply-To: <20050926205320.GA20833@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <200509262227.46975.frank@barda.agala.net> <20050926205320.GA20833@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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Hi, am Montag, 26. September 2005 22:53 schrieb Brooks Davis: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:27:44PM +0200, Frank J. Beckmann wrote: > > Hi, > > > > maybe this is a kind of stupid question, but what is the device gzero > > for? When should I use it instead of /dev/zero? > > It's to allow you to emulate a really big (41PB) fake disk for testing. Wow, that answer was fast... Sounds like an interesting device, but how do I use it? I guess I have to=20 learn much about geom yet. =2D-=20 Tsch=FCss =46rank
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