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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:03:33 +0000
From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: Second severe crash in six weeks
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On Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:56:54 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> 
> >  # dd if=/dev/zero of=usbstick.img bs=1M count=7552
> 
> A count should not be necessary, it will stop when it runs out of input.

	/dev/zero won't run out.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>