on 11-4-2008 11:16 PM Indunil Jayasooriya spake the following:
> Hi Robert ,
>
> First off all , thank you very much for your step by steb info.
> The below command creates a 1 GB file. there you have mentioned bs=1G count=1.
> What is count 1 there?
`bs=BYTES'
Both read and write BYTES bytes at a time. This overrides `ibs'
and `obs'.
so write with 1GB blocks and write only 1. For 2 GB you could have count=2> >> # Create the file: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/swapfile bs=1G count=1 >> 1+0 records in >> 1+0 records out >> 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 119.248 s, 9.0 MB/s >> #Make the swap fs on the file: > > If I want to create a file with 2 GB , then , What should I mention? > count 2 or 1? > > What is the correct one out of below 2 commands > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/swapfile bs=2G count=2 2G x 2 = 4GB > > or > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/root/swapfile bs=2G count=1 That would give you 2 GB but so would bs=1G count=2 > > > Hope to hear form you. > >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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