On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 01:47:59PM -0700, James Hozier wrote:

> I'm doing dd
> if=/dev/random of=/dev/wd0c

Never use the block device for anything other than mounting.
Also, specify a block size. Something like 

dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/rwd0c bs=64k

The r is really important.  Play with the block size to see what works
best for you. 

        -Otto

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