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Date:      Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:53:20 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        "Frank J. Beckmann" <frank@barda.agala.net>
Cc:        freebsd-geom@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What is gzero?
Message-ID:  <20050926205320.GA20833@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200509262227.46975.frank@barda.agala.net>
References:  <200509262227.46975.frank@barda.agala.net>

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On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:27:44PM +0200, Frank J. Beckmann wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> maybe this is a kind of stupid question, but what is the device gzero for=
?=20
> When should I use it instead of /dev/zero?

It's to allow you to emulate a really big (41PB) fake disk for testing.

-- Brooks

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Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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