Re: compressed HDD image using dd...clearing unused blocks

2007-07-13 Thread Oliver Fromme
Paul Schenkeveld wrote: Michael Eubanks wrote: Paul Schenkeveld wrote: What about: # dd /dev/zero BIG_EMPTY_FILE bs=128k # rm BIG_EMPTY_FILE Comes close to what you want, only a couple of indirect blocks are not zeroed this way but the majority of unused

Re: compressed HDD image using dd...clearing unused blocks

2007-07-13 Thread Paul Schenkeveld
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 02:02:55PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: Paul Schenkeveld wrote: Michael Eubanks wrote: Paul Schenkeveld wrote: What about: # dd /dev/zero BIG_EMPTY_FILE bs=128k # rm BIG_EMPTY_FILE Comes close to what you want, only a couple of