Re: Can't I get a /dev/one?

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Subject: Re: Can't I get a /dev/one?
From: "William M. Quarles" <walrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:24:56 -0400
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Alan Horn wrote:

There are various pieces of info we would need to accomplish it.. size of file.. purpose.. etc...


I'm trying to fill a hard drive with all ones.  I know how to fill it
with all zeros:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb bs=1024 count=58615704

I don't know how to fill it with all ones.

I'm working within pretty low functionality on this system (RHL 9
installation CD rescue mode)

Thanks,
William

References:
- Can't I get a /dev/one?
  - From: William M. Quarles
- Re: Can't I get a /dev/one?
  - From: Rahul Sundaram
- Re: Can't I get a /dev/one?
  - From: William M. Quarles
- Re: Can't I get a /dev/one?
  - From: Alan Horn