# dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sd1c & dd: /dev/random: Input/output error 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.000 secs (0 bytes/sec) #
But /dev/urandom (dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sd1c &) works fine. Is /dev/random not supposed to be used for some reason or something?