On Sat, 18 Oct 2025, at 00:22, Thomas Dettbarn wrote: > ; dd if=/dev/zero of=debian13.img bs=1M count=16000
Is there a reason you do 15999 writes that likely not necessary? You could create a sparse file instead dd if=/dev/zero of=debian13.img bs=1M seek=15999 count=1 Faster, too. *Much* faster on small machines like the APU2 I verified it on before hitting the send button. If you are doing this often it may also notably prolong SSD lifespan by eliminating a lot of completely unnecessary writes. Just keep an eye on your free space. John
