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Date:      Fri, 17 Mar 2017 21:29:59 +0100
From:      Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Second severe crash in six weeks
Message-ID:  <20170317202959.GA1249@becker.bs.l>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1703171355520.23129@wonkity.com>
References:  <20170315222221.GA18691@becker.bs.l> <eb296c6a-a437-9b02-3e80-067eaba2cf04@FreeBSD.org> <20170317195043.GA5295@becker.bs.l> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1703171355520.23129@wonkity.com>

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On Friday, 17. Mar 2017, 13:56:54 -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2017, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday, 16. Mar 2017, 08:59:44 +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> >> On 15/03/2017 22:22, 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.

The file name is "usbstick.img" but it is still a file. The
count is the length of the USB stick I'm planning to dd to.

Bertram


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Bertram Scharpf
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