Re: [CentOS] Write to end of disk

2009-04-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>> quickly instead of reading/seeking to the end? >Use > > seek=bytes > >See > > man dd That doesn't do it "quickly". It still reads through n bytes until it reaches the specified value which makes it equally painful as just dd'ing the whole device. At any rate, the objective was to

Re: [CentOS] Write to end of disk

2009-04-07 Thread Agile Aspect
Joseph L. Casale wrote: > How can I write to the end of a disc such as dd would with a large seek > quickly instead of reading/seeking to the end? > > Thanks! > jlc > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo

[CentOS] Write to end of disk

2009-04-07 Thread Joseph L. Casale
How can I write to the end of a disc such as dd would with a large seek quickly instead of reading/seeking to the end? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos